 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.  The People's Journal - Page 107edited by - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1832 - 438 pages
...the head city of the kingdom of Satan, and of the enemies of the church of God ? Psalm cxxxvii. 9. "Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." What a particular and honorable notice is taken, in the records of God's word, of those that arose... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1833 - 322 pages
...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 !' " The whole atmosphere seemed to vibrate sensibly with the power of a voice that was scarcely heard... | |
 | George Horne - 1833 - 438 pages
...Babylon, who art to be destroyed ; happy shall he bt that rewarded thee as thou hast served us. 9. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." The subject of these two verses is the same with that of many chapters in Isaiah and Jeremiah, namely,... | |
 | 1848 - 668 pages
...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,") will hardly maintain that if the author of this psalm had sustained the relations of Mordecai and Esther... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - 1836 - 438 pages
...Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us. 9. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. The subject of these two verses is the same with that of many chapters in Isaiah and Jeremiah, namely,... | |
 | 1837 - 556 pages
...Babylon, who art to be destroyed ; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. PSALM CXXXVIII. 1 David praiselh God for the truth of hit •word : 4 Ac prophesieth that ike kings... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1837 - 408 pages
...who art to be destroyed ; happy shall he be, that rcwardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shull, he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. THIS Psalm is a prayer in the persons of the captives of Babylon ; whether we understand it as having... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 612 pages
...or, as it is in the marginal reading, " that recompensolh unto thee thy deed which thou dost unto us; happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." The Babylonians probably exercised this cruelty towards the Jewish children, and this retaliation is... | |
 | 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 - 1839 - 590 pages
...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. Balaam indeed did not foresee the miseries to the Israelites would be reduced under the tyrant of Babylon,... | |
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