Psalms 137:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 13:16 : 16 Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.
  • 2 Kgs 8:12 : 12 And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.
  • Hos 10:14 : 14 So a great outcry will go up from among your people, and all your strong places will be broken, as Beth-arbel was broken by Shalman in the day of war, as the mother was broken on the rocks with her children.
  • Nah 3:10 : 10 But even she has been taken away, she has gone away as a prisoner: even her young children are smashed to bits at the top of all the streets: the fate of her honoured men is put to the decision of chance, and all her great men are put in chains.

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    7O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base.

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  • Ps 127:3-5
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    3See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.

    4Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.

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  • Isa 13:16
    72%

    16Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.

  • Ps 144:15
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    15Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.

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    9They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.

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    5May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

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  • Isa 13:18
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    18In their hands are bows and spears; they are cruel, violently putting the young men to death, and crushing the young women; they have no pity for children, and no mercy for the fruit of the body.

  • Ps 109:9-13
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    9Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.

    10Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

    11Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.

    12Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.

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  • Nah 3:10
    69%

    10But even she has been taken away, she has gone away as a prisoner: even her young children are smashed to bits at the top of all the streets: the fate of her honoured men is put to the decision of chance, and all her great men are put in chains.

  • Jer 18:21
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    21For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.

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    2You will have the fruit of the work of your hands: happy will you be, and all will be well for you.

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    13He has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he has sent blessings on your children inside your walls.

  • Deut 33:11
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    11Let your blessing, O Lord, be on his substance, may the work of his hands be pleasing to you: may those who take up arms against him and all who have hate for him, be wounded through the heart, never to be lifted up again.

  • Hos 10:14
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    14So a great outcry will go up from among your people, and all your strong places will be broken, as Beth-arbel was broken by Shalman in the day of war, as the mother was broken on the rocks with her children.

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    7To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;

    8To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron;

  • Ps 8:2
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    24Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.

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    5You who are burning with evil desire among the oaks, under every green tree; putting children to death in the valleys, under the cracks of the rocks?

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    9You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

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    67%

    14I will have them smashed against one another, fathers and sons together, says the Lord: I will have no pity or mercy, I will have no feeling for them to keep me from giving them to destruction.

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    12For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.