Psalms 137:9
O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 13:16And their sucklings are dashed to pieces before their eyes, Spoiled are their houses, and their wives lain with.
Hosea 13:16Become desolate doth Samaria, Because she hath rebelled against her God, By sword they do fall, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!
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 →