Psalms 137:8
O ruined daughter of Babylon,—how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:1The oracle on Babylon,—of which Isaiah, son of Amoz had vision:—
Isaiah 21:1The oracle on the desert of the sea: As storm-winds in the South which with a rush from the desert, do come from a terrible land,
Isaiah 47:1Down—and sit in the dust, O virgin Daughter of Babylon, Sit on the ground—throneless, Daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no more be called Tender and Dainty.
Jeremiah 50:1The word which Yahweh spake Against Babylon Against the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet:
Zechariah 2:7Ho! Zion, deliver thyself,—thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For,
Revelation 17:1And one of the seven messengers who had the seven bowls came, and spake with me, saying—Hither! I will point out to thee the judgment of the great harlot, who sitteth upon 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 →