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O daughter of Babylon, you (A)devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who (B)repays you
With [a]the recompense with which you have recompensed us.
How blessed will be the one who seizes and (C)dashes your infants
Against the cliff.

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  1. Psalm 137:8 Lit your

18 And their bows will dash the (A)young men to pieces,
They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb,
Nor will their (B)eye pity [a]children.

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  1. Isaiah 13:18 Lit sons

21 Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter
Because of the (A)iniquity of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth
And fill the face of the world with cities.”

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14 Therefore a rumbling will arise among your people,
And all your (A)fortifications will be destroyed,
As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,
When (B)mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.

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10 Yet she (A)became an exile;
She went into captivity;
Also her (B)infants were dashed to pieces
(C)At the head of every street;
They (D)cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound with fetters.

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