| England - 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... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 576 pages
...Babylon, who art to be destroyed ; happy shall 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 two verses is the same with that of many chapters in Isaiah and Jeremiah, namely,... | |
| Bible - 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... | |
| Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1820 - 386 pages
...spare children. * 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...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 - Bible - 1820 - 142 pages
...ofPsal. cxxxvii. O daughter of Babylon, that 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 ! God forbid that we should desire to dash out the brains of infidels' children! Yet nevertheless we... | |
| Birmingham sacellum Erdingtoniense - 1821 - 644 pages
...Babylon, who art to be destroyed ; happy shall he be that reward." eth thee as thou hast served us, 9 Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. PSAtM. CXXXVIII. 1WILL praise thee with my whole heart ; before the gods will I praise unto thee. 2... | |
| Arminianism - 1879 - 1042 pages
...cxxxvii. 8, 9 : '0 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 Psalmist here evidently has his eye upon the ordinary circumstances attending the capture of a... | |
| Daniel Waterland - Apologetics - 1823 - 404 pages
...PSALM cxxxvii. 8, 9. 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 212 ISAIAH i. 18. Come now, and let us reason together, sailh the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet,... | |
| Daniel Waterland - Apologetics - 1823 - 404 pages
...CXXXVII. 8, 9. O DAUGHTER OF BABYLO"N, 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 Objector brings the like charge against some parts of this Psalm, as he had before done against... | |
| Charles Bradley (Vicar of Glasbury.) - 1823 - 370 pages
...Babylon, who art to be destroyed ; happy shall 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 two verses is the same with that of many chapters in Isaiah and Jeremiah, namely,... | |
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