Psalms 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, thou destroyer! Happy be he who requiteth thee As thou hast dealt with us!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9Happy be he who seizeth thy little ones And dasheth them against the stones!
Cross References
Isaiah 13:1A prophecy concerning Babylon, which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.
Isaiah 21:1The prophecy concerning the desert of the sea. As storms which rush along through the south, So it cometh from the desert, From the terrible 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 Chaldaeans! For thou shalt no longer be called the tender and delicate!
Jeremiah 50:1The word which Jehovah spake concerning Babylon, and concerning the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
Zechariah 2:7Ho, Zion, escape, Thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon!
Revelation 17:1And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying, Come hither; I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon the many waters;
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 →