Psalms 137:9

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Blessed is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rock.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 13:16 : 16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.
  • 2 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Hazael asked, "Why is my lord weeping?" Elisha answered, "Because I know the harm you will do to the people of Israel. You will set their fortresses on fire, you will kill their young men with the sword, you will dash their little ones to pieces, and you will rip open their pregnant women."
  • Hos 10:14 : 14 the roar of battle will rise against your people, and all your fortresses will be devastated—as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces with their children.
  • Nah 3:10 : 10 Yet she went into exile, carried away into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at every street corner. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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    82%

    7Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom the day of Jerusalem, when they said, 'Tear it down! Tear it down to its very foundations!'

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  • Ps 127:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

    3Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward.

    4Like arrows in the hands of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth.

    5Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they confront their enemies at the gate.

  • Isa 13:16
    72%

    16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives will be violated.

  • Ps 144:15
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    15Blessed are the people whose situation is such; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

  • Ps 2:9
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    9You will break them with an iron rod; You will shatter them like a potter's vessel.

  • Ps 128:5-6
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    5May the Lord bless you from Zion, and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

    6May you live to see your children’s children—peace be upon Israel.

  • Isa 13:18
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    18Their bows will strike down the young men; they will show no mercy to the offspring of the womb, nor will they pity children.

  • Ps 109:9-13
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    9May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.

    10May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes.

    11May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

    12Let there be no one to show him kindness, and no one to be gracious to his fatherless children.

    13May his descendants be cut off, and may their name be wiped out in the next generation.

  • Nah 3:10
    69%

    10Yet she went into exile, carried away into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at every street corner. Lots were cast for her nobles, and all her great men were bound in chains.

  • Jer 18:21
    69%

    21So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

  • Ps 128:2
    69%

    2You will eat the fruit of your labor; you will be blessed, and it will go well with you.

  • Ps 147:13
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    13For He strengthens the bars of your gates; He blesses your children within you.

  • Deut 33:11
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    11Lord, bless his strength and accept the work of his hands. Crush the loins of his adversaries and those who hate him, so they do not rise again.

  • Hos 10:14
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  • Ps 149:7-8
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    7to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,

    8to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with iron shackles,

  • Ps 8:2
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    2LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

  • Ezek 16:40
    68%

    40They will bring a crowd against you, stone you to death, and cut you to pieces with their swords.

  • Prov 23:25
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    25May your father and mother rejoice, and may she who gave you birth be joyful.

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    24Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble.

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    57She will secretly eat her afterbirth and the children she bears during the siege and suffering that your enemy inflicts upon your cities, because she is in dire need of food.

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    8May destruction come upon them unawares. May the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into their own trap.

  • Ps 110:5
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    5The Lord is at your right hand; He will crush kings on the day of His wrath.

  • Isa 57:5-6
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    5You burn with lust among the oaks, under every green tree; you slaughter children in the valleys, under crags of the cliffs.

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  • Jer 13:14
    67%

    14And I will shatter them, one against another, fathers and sons together,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will show no pity, no compassion, and no mercy to prevent their destruction.’

  • Isa 14:21
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    21Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons because of the iniquity of their fathers. Let them not rise to possess the land or fill the face of the earth with cities.

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    66%

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    66%

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