Psalms 137:9
Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 13:16Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 137:8-9
The Sorrows of Captivity. 7 Remember, O Lord , the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. The pious Jews in Babylon, having afflicted themselves with the thoughts of the ruins of Jerusalem, here please themselves with the prospect of the ruin of her impenitent… Read the whole commentary →