Psalms 137:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

Blessed shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy children against the stones.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 13:16 : 16 Their children also shall be broken in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be spoiled, and their wiues rauished.
  • Hos 13:16 : 16 (14:1) Samaria shalbe desolate: for she hath rebelled against her God: they shal fall by the sworde: their infants shalbe dashed in pieces, & their women with childe shalbe ript.
  • 2 Kgs 8:12 : 12 And Hazael sayde, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I knowe the euill that thou shalt do vnto the children of Israel: for their strong cities shalt thou set on fire, and their yong men shalt thou slay with the sworde, and shalt dash their infantes against the stones, and rent in pieces their women with child.
  • Nah 3:10 : 10 Yet was she caried awaye, and went into captiuitie: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streetes: and they cast lottes for her noble men, and al her myghtie men were bound in chaines.
  • Hos 10:14 : 14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy munitions shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbell in the daie of battell: the mother with the children was dashed in pieces.

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  • Ps 127:3-5
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    16Their children also shall be broken in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be spoiled, and their wiues rauished.

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    18With bowes also shall they destroy ye children, and shall haue no compassion vpon the fruit of the wombe, and their eies shall not spare the children.

  • Ps 109:9-13
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