Psalms 137:9
Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.
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- 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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- Ps 137:7-82 verses82%
7 O 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.
8 O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.
- Ps 127:3-53 verses73%
3 See, sons are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the body is his reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of a man of war, are the children of the young.
5 Happy is the man who has a good store of them; he will not be put to shame, but his cause will be supported by them against his haters.
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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.
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15 Happy is the nation whose ways are so ordered: yes, happy is the nation whose God is the Lord.
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9 They will be ruled by you with a rod of iron; they will be broken like a potter's vessel.
- Ps 128:5-62 verses70%
5 May the Lord send you blessing out of Zion: may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
6 May you see your children's children. Peace be on Israel.
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18 In 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 109:9-135 verses70%
9 Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow.
10 Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.
11 Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work.
12 Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead.
13 Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.
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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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21 For 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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2 You 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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13 He has made strong the iron bands of your doors; he has sent blessings on your children inside your walls.
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11 Let 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.
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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.
- Ps 149:7-82 verses68%
7 To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;
8 To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron;
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2 You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.
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40 And they will get together a meeting against you, stoning you with stones and wounding you with their swords.
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25 Let your father and your mother be glad, let her who gave you birth have joy.
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9 Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.
10 The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.
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12 In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
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8 And the child at the breast will be playing by the hole of the snake, and the older child will put his hand on the bright eye of the poison-snake.
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24 Let your curse come on them; let the heat of your wrath overtake them.
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57 And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.
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8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.
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5 In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the Lord at your right hand.
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5 You 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?
6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your heritage; they, even they, are your part: even to them have you made a drink offering and a meal offering. Is it possible for such things to be overlooked by me?
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18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.
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12 Our sons are like tall young plants; and our daughters like the shining stones of a king's house;
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4 And I will make children their chiefs, and foolish ones will have rule over them.
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9 You 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.
10 Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
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14 I 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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21 Make ready a place of death for his children, because of the evil-doing of their father; so that they may not come up and take the earth for their heritage, covering the face of the world with waste places.
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5 Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
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9 He gives the unfertile woman a family, making her a happy mother of children. Give praise to the Lord.
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11 Let there be joy in the mountain of Zion, and let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your wise decisions.
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11 And, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
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66 You will go after them in wrath, and put an end to them from under the heavens of the Lord.
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12 For 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.