Psalm 137:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

May the Lord bless everyone who beats your children against the rocks!

Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

“Sir, why are you crying?” Hazael asked. Elisha answered, “Because I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn down their walled cities and slaughter their young men. You will even crush the heads of their babies and rip open their pregnant women.”

Isaiah 13:16

They will see their children beaten against rocks, their homes robbed, and their wives abused.

Hosea 10:14

So war will break out, and your fortresses will be destroyed. Your enemies will do to you what Shalman did to the people of Beth-Arbel— mothers and their children will be beaten to death against rocks.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria will be punished for turning against me. It will be destroyed in war— children will be beaten against rocks, and pregnant women will be ripped open.

Nahum 3:10

But she was captured and taken to a foreign country. Her children were murdered at every street corner. The members of her royal family were auctioned off, and her high officials were bound in chains.