⁸ Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,^(A)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.
⁹ Happy is the one who seizes your infants
    and dashes them^(B) against the rocks.

¹⁸ Their bows^(A) will strike down the young men;^(B)
    they will have no mercy^(C) on infants,
    nor will they look with compassion on children.^(D)

²¹ Prepare a place to slaughter his children^(A)
    for the sins of their ancestors;^(B)
they are not to rise to inherit the land
    and cover the earth with their cities.

¹⁴ the roar of battle will rise against your people,
    so that all your fortresses will be devastated^(A)—
as Shalman^(B) devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle,
    when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children.^(C)

¹⁰ Yet she was taken captive^(A)
    and went into exile.
Her infants were dashed^(B) to pieces
    at every street corner.
Lots^(C) were cast for her nobles,
    and all her great men were put in chains.^(D)