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Lord, remember to punish the people of Edom.[a]
They were happy when Babylon's army won against Jerusalem.
On that day the Edomites said,
    ‘Knock down the city so that nothing still stands!’
People of Babylon, an army will soon destroy you!
They will punish you in the same way that you punished us.
    May God bless whoever does that to you!
Just like you did to us,
    they will hit your babies against a rock.
May God bless whoever does that to you!

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Footnotes

  1. 137:7 Edom was an enemy of Judah. When the Babylon army destroyed Jerusalem, the Edomites were very happy.

Remember, Lord, what the Edomites(A) did
    on the day Jerusalem fell.(B)
“Tear it down,” they cried,
    “tear it down to its foundations!”(C)
Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,(D)
    happy is the one who repays you
    according to what you have done to us.
Happy is the one who seizes your infants
    and dashes them(E) against the rocks.

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