Psalms 137:9
“Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. That takes the infants from their mothers'…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Happy shall he be that taketh ... - Margin, as in Hebrew, rock. This refers to what was not uncommon in ancient warfare,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Psalms 137:7-9
The pious Jews in Babylon, having afflicted themselves with the thoughts of the ruins of Jerusalem, here please…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
The barbarous customs of Oriental warfare spared neither women nor children in a war of extermination. Cp. Isa 13:16;…
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