Psalms 137:8
O Lord, thou shalt recompense them on my behalf: 1 Thy mercy, O Lord, endures forever: 1 Overlook not the works of thy hands.
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Isaiah 13:1The vision which Isaiah son of Amoz saw against Babylon.
Isaiah 21:1The vision of the desert. As though a whirlwind should pass through the desert, coming from a desert, even from such a land,
Isaiah 47:1Come down, sit on the ground, O virgin daughter of Babylon: sit on the ground, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and luxurious.
Jeremiah 50:1And it came to pass, when Jeremiah ceased speaking to the people all the words of the Lord, for which the Lord had sent him to them, even all these words,
Zechariah 2:7And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood by, and another angel went forth to meet him,
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 →