Psalm 137:8 - Easy To Read Version Babylon, you will be destroyed!\par Bless the man who gives you\par the punishment you should get.\par Bless the man who hurts you\par like you hurt us.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 Lord says to Cyrus, {\cf2\super [398]} \par “You are my shepherd.\par You will do the things I want.\par You will say to Jerusalem,\par ‘You will be built again!’\par You will tell the temple, {\cf2\super [399]} \par ‘Your foundations will be built again!’”\par
This is the message the Lord spoke about the nation of Babylon and the Babylonian people. The Lord spoke this message through Jeremiah.
“Call for the men that shoot arrows.\par Tell them to attack Babylon.\par Tell them to surround the city.\par Don’t let anyone escape.\par Pay her back for the bad things she has done.\par Do to her what she has done\par to other nations.\par Babylon did not respect the Lord.\par Babylon was very rude\par to the Holy One of Israel.\par So punish Babylon.\par
You people from Zion now live in Babylon.\par Escape! Run away from that city!”\par The Lord All-Powerful said \{these things\}.\par He sent me to the nations\par that stole things from you.\par He sent me to bring \{you\} honor!\par
Be happy because of this, O heaven!\par Be happy, God’s holy people {\cf2\super [134]} and apostles {\cf2\super [135]} and prophets {\cf2\super [136]} !\par God has punished her because of the things she did to you.’”\par
Give that city the same as she gave to others.\par Pay her back twice as much as she did.\par Prepare wine for her that is twice as strong as the wine she prepared for others.\par