Psalms 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that repayeth thee as thou hast served us.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
9Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:1The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
Isaiah 21:1The burden of the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the South sweeping on, it cometh from the wilderness, from a dreadful land.
Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Jeremiah 50:1The word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
Zechariah 2:7(2-11) Ho, Zion, escape, thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.'
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 →