"Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones."
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Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.
Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Happy shall he be, Who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!