Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.
Jeremiah 51:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Let not the archer bend his bow, and let him not lift himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Against him who bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail. And spare not her young men; devote [to God] and utterly destroy her entire host. American Standard Version (1901) Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his coat of mail: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. Common English Bible Let the archers draw their bows; let them prepare their armor. Show no mercy to her young men; wipe out her entire company! Catholic Public Domain Version Let him who draws the bow, not draw his bow. And let him who wears armor, not rise up. Do not spare her young men. Destroy her entire military. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let not him that bendeth bend his bow, and let not him go up that is armed with a coat of mail: spare not her young men, destroy all her army. |
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.
Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all ye that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: slay and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroy both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
For judgement is without mercy to him that hath shewed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgement.