⁸ Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction,
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.^(A)
9 Happy is he who takes your little ones
and dashes them against the rocks.^(B)

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

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

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)

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.