The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
Psalm 137:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) O daughter of Babylon, you devastator! Happy shall he be who requites you with what you have done to us! More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O Daughter of Babylon [you devastator, you!], who [ought to be and] shall be destroyed, happy and blessed shall he be who requites you as you have served us. [Isa. 13:1-22; Jer. 25:12, 13.] American Standard Version (1901) O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us. Common English Bible Daughter Babylon, you destroyer, a blessing on the one who pays you back the very deed you did to us! Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord will provide retribution on my behalf. O Lord, your mercy is forever. Do not disdain the works of your hands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: O despise not the work of thy hands. |
The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.
who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfil all my purpose’; saying of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be built,’ and of the temple, ‘Your foundation shall be laid.’ ”
The word which the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet:
“Summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp round about her; let no one escape. Requite her according to her deeds, do to her according to all that she has done; for she has proudly defied the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!”
Render to her as she herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double draught for her in the cup she mixed.