Psalm 137:8 “O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays…”

Psalm 137:8

O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

World English Bible

Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.

American Standard Version

O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.

Geneva Bible 1599

O daughter of Babel, worthy to be destroyed, blessed shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs.

Darby Translation

Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.

Young's Literal Translation

O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.

Bible in Basic English

O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

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Cross references

“daughter”

Zechariah 2:7 Isaiah 47:1–5 Jeremiah 50:42 Jeremiah 51:33

Zechariah 2:7 · BSB

“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”

Isaiah 47:1–5 · BSB

“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

Jeremiah 50:42 · BSB

They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:33 · BSB

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is trampled. In just a little while her harvest time will come.”

“who art”

Revelation 18:6 Isaiah 14:4–24 Jeremiah 25:12–14 Isaiah 21:1 Revelation 14:8–11 Isaiah 13:1–22

Revelation 18:6 · BSB

Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

Isaiah 14:4–24 · BSB

you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

Jeremiah 25:12–14 · BSB

But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

Isaiah 21:1 · BSB

This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

Revelation 14:8–11 · BSB

Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

Isaiah 13:1–22 · BSB

This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:

“happy”

Psalm 149:6–9 Isaiah 44:28 Revelation 18:20 Isaiah 13:3–5 Revelation 17:5 Revelation 17:6

Psalm 149:6–9 · BSB

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,

Isaiah 44:28 · BSB

who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

Revelation 18:20 · BSB

Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

Isaiah 13:3–5 · BSB

I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.

Revelation 17:5 · BSB

And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Revelation 17:6 · BSB

I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

“rewardeth”

Jeremiah 50:15–29

Jeremiah 50:15–29 · BSB

Raise a war cry against her on every side! She has thrown up her hands in surrender; her towers have fallen; her walls are torn down. Since this is the vengeance of the LORD, take out your vengeance upon her; as she has…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

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