21, 22. According to Psalm 137:8, 9, what happiness will the Greater Cyrus have in the near future?

²¹ In the near future happy will be the official service of the antitypical Cyrus, the glorified Jesus Christ, to see to it that accounts are settled with Babylon the Great of today. Worshipers of Jehovah who have suffered at her hands take the divine view of justice and so can join the inspired psalmist in saying:

²² “O daughter of Babylon, who are to be despoiled, happy will he be that rewards you with your own treatment with which you treated us. Happy will he be that grabs ahold and does dash to pieces your children against the crag.”​—Ps. 137:8, 9.

23. Will earthly agencies be used in the overthrow of Babylon the Great, and yet who takes the responsibility for it?

²³ In due time earthly human agencies will be given free rein to wreck Babylon the Great. (Rev. 17:15-18) But Jesus Christ will be happy to take the responsibility for blotting out that world empire of false religion. Bible prophecy credits him as the Greater Cyrus with the deserved overthrow of Babylon the Great.

If she is to be called a “daughter” as ancient Babylon was called, that she really is to Satan the Devil. (John 8:44; Jer. 50:42; 51:33) Upon this religious fornicatrix two disastrous things are foretold to come speedily: “Loss of children and widowhood.” (Isa. 47:9; Rev. 18:7, 8; Jer. 50:9) Either the members of her religious organization will be killed off in the coming “great tribulation” or they will become dead to her by renouncing her, confessing no religion at all. This will make her mourn!

25. If any of us do not want to be classed among those Babylonish “children” that are to be dashed “against the crag,” what must we do without delay?

²⁵ Does any one of us want to be numbered among the religious “children” of Babylon the Great when God’s appointed time comes for them to be dashed “against the crag”? If we do not want to be so classed, especially if we claim to be among those whom God calls “my people,” then what? Nothing short of taking advantage of the remaining time and obeying the merciful command from God through his Word: “Get out of her, my people, if you do not want to share with her in her sins, and if you do not want to receive part of her plagues.”​—Rev. 18:4; Jer. 50:8.