Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.(A)
Happy is he who takes your little ones
and dashes them against the rocks.(B)

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18 Their bows will cut young men to pieces.
They will have no compassion on little ones;
they will not look with pity on children.

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21 Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons,
because of the iniquity(A) of their fathers.
They will never rise up to possess a land
or fill the surface of the earth with cities.

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14 the roar of battle will rise against your people,
and all your fortifications will be demolished(A)
in a day of war,
like Shalman’s destruction of Beth-arbel.
Mothers will be dashed to pieces
along with their children.(B)

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10 Yet she became an exile;
she went into captivity.
Her children were also dashed to pieces(A)
at the head of every street.
They cast lots for her dignitaries,(B)
and all her nobles were bound in chains.

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