 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; Happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.  The Christian Review - Page 3861848Full view - About this book
 | David Collyer - 1815 - 420 pages
...Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein^. And what is said by way of wishing', Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones, is expressed by the prophet in a manner of foretelling it ; speaking concerning the same people, the... | |
 | Church of England - 1815 - 450 pages
...Down with it, down with it, even to the ground. 8 O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery : yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us. 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children : and throweth them against the stones. PSALM 138. Confetebor... | |
 | 1882 - 870 pages
...feel a difficulty when he came to the savage denunciation of Babylon in the concluding verse — " Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones " — the honest mourner replied with touching simplicity, that for him the verse had no such cruel... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 714 pages
...calamities which preceded the Babylonish captivity ; " O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery ! yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us. Blessed shall he be, that taketh thy cliihlren and throweth them against the stones," I'-'il. cxxxvii.... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 576 pages
...to assist the common enemy, or call in the common enemy to assist them, against their brethren. 8. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed ; happy...he be, that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us. 9. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. The subject of these... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pages
...Babylon, who art to be destroyed ; nappy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 played with his hand : so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spi PSALM CXXXVIII. 1 A Psalm of David. I WILL praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1819 - 558 pages
...Down with it, down with it, even to the ground. 8 O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery ; yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children, and throweth them against the stones. Psalm 138. Coiifitebor... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1820 - 386 pages
...pieces, and they shall have no pity on the fruit " of the womb ; their eye shall not spare children. * O " daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed,...and dasheth thy little ones against " the stones." 4 " And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, and the beauty of " the Chaldees excellency, shall be as when... | |
 | John Locke - 1820 - 142 pages
...others, in which we find such-like imprecations ; as that ofPsal. cxxxvii. O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed; happy shall he be that rewardeth...taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones ! God forbid that we should desire to dash out the brains of infidels' children! Yet nevertheless we... | |
 | Elizabeth Lachlan - 1821 - 448 pages
...the Modes against them, who shall not regard silver, and as for gold they shall not delight in it. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou has served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh thy children and dasheth them against the stones. The... | |
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