 | Charles Rollin, James Bell - History, Ancient - 1839 - 666 pages
...have no pity on the fruit of the womb ; their eye shall not spare children. О daughter of Babylon,11 who art to be destroyed, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 1 Herod. 1. ie HI. 1ÍS, 153. xstj n sempiternurn ero domina — DiciŤ m corde tuo. Ego sum, et non... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1839 - 516 pages
...et supplicis arbor olivae. DASHING INFANTS AGAINST STONES COMMON IN SACKING TOWNS. PSALM cxxxvii. 9. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.] This was an instance of cruelty frequently exercised in the sacking of towns. Thus Isaiah (c. xiii.... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - Bible - 1839 - 588 pages
...children of Edom In the day of Jerusalem ; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee,asthou hast served us. Happy shall he be that taketh And dasheth thy little ones against the stones.... | |
 | William Keatinge Clay - Bible - 1839 - 392 pages
...it, even to the ground. 8 O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery [who art to be destroyed J; yea, happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us. 9 Blessed shall he be, that taketh thy children, and throweth them against the stones. * O PSALM CXXXVIII.... | |
 | Joshua William Brooks - Bible - 1840 - 876 pages
...children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. 0 daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed, happy...taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." At the time of Judah's restoration from Babylon, no event occurred which can even be mistaken for the... | |
 | John Phillips - Religion - 2001 - 276 pages
...gave voice, in fierce imprecation, to the heart cry of Israel for God to act in justice. He cried. "0 daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed: happy...taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones" (Ps. 137:8-9). The Babylonians visited upon Jerusalem all the horrors of war. its insensate cruelties,... | |
 | D.H. Stamatis - Business & Economics - 2001 - 416 pages
...reminds us of a passage in the Bible in Psalm 137(138), verse 9, which states: "O daughter of Babylon... Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." It is obvious that the verse not only does not make sense, but it is also offensive to our modern minds... | |
 | Nancy M. Tate - Religion - 2002 - 318 pages
...and hardships from the Babylonians will be rejoicing and praising God. The Psalmist had written, "O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy...he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us! " [Psalm 137:8]. The prophet Isaiah predicted, "That thou shall take up this proverb against the king... | |
 | John Phillips - Religion - 2001 - 712 pages
...Babylonians in turn might suffer a like terrible fate. It is the relish with which he utters it that troubles us: "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." This surely has to be the most perplexing beatitude in the Bible: actually to bless those who commit... | |
 | Howard Wettstein - Religion - 2002 - 302 pages
...Bible reads: "Wohl dem, der deine jungen Kinder nimmt und zerschmettert sie an den Stein" (Psalm 137.9) [Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones] (King James translation). 22. Kircher 280. 23. Prawer 599. Emphasis in the original. 24. Sammons 395.... | |
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O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. 
