By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
am cir, 3463, bc cir, 541 - Title The author of this beautiful and affecting elegy is unknown, but the occasion is evident; and it was most probably composed during, or near the close of, the captivity.
the rivers: Genesis 2:10-14, Ezra 8:21, Ezra 8:31, Ezekiel 1:1, there sat, Nehemiah 1:3, Nehemiah 1:4, Nehemiah 2:3, Job 2:12, Job 2:13, Jeremiah 13:17, Jeremiah 13:18, Jeremiah 15:17, Lamentations 2:10, Ezekiel 3:15
we wept: Psalms 42:4, Psalms 102:9-14, Isaiah 66:10, Jeremiah 51:50, Jeremiah 51:51, Lamentations 1:16, Lamentations 2:11, Lamentations 2:18, Lamentations 3:48, Lamentations 3:51, Daniel 9:3, Daniel 10:2, Daniel 10:3, Luke 19:41, Revelation 11:3
Reciprocal: Ezra 8:15 - the river that runneth Job 30:31 - General Psalms 52:1 - goodness Psalms 87:4 - Babylon Psalms 126:5 - that sow Isaiah 15:7 - to the Isaiah 21:2 - all the Isaiah 44:4 - willows Isaiah 52:5 - make Jeremiah 13:4 - go Ezekiel 6:9 - remember Ezekiel 11:24 - into
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
we hanged: Willows were so plentiful at Babylon, on the banks of the Euphrates, that Isaiah calls it "the brook or river of willows." Psalms 33:2, Psalms 81:2, Isaiah 24:8, Ezekiel 26:13, Amos 8:10, Revelation 18:22
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 23:30 - stand Psalms 52:1 - goodness Psalms 149:3 - with the timbrel Isaiah 15:7 - to the Isaiah 44:4 - willows Isaiah 52:5 - make Daniel 6:18 - and passed
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
For there: Psalms 123:3, Psalms 123:4, Lamentations 2:15, Lamentations 2:16
a song: Heb. the words of a song
wasted us: Heb. laid us on heaps, Psalms 79:1, Nehemiah 4:2, Jeremiah 9:11, Jeremiah 26:18, Micah 3:12, Luke 21:6
the songs of Zion: Psalms 9:14, Psalms 65:1, 1 Chronicles 15:27, 1 Chronicles 16:7, Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 51:11, Jeremiah 31:12, Jeremiah 31:13, Revelation 14:1-3
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 29:27 - the song Proverbs 25:20 - so Isaiah 26:1 - in the land Jeremiah 8:21 - the hurt Lamentations 1:7 - the adversaries Lamentations 3:14 - General Zephaniah 3:18 - sorrowful
How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
How shall: Ecclesiastes 3:4, Isaiah 22:12, Lamentations 5:14, Lamentations 5:15, Hosea 9:4, Amos 8:3
strange land: Heb. land of a stranger, Isaiah 49:21
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 4:13 - his heart 2 Chronicles 29:27 - the song Proverbs 25:20 - so Isaiah 26:1 - in the land Lamentations 1:7 - the adversaries
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
I forget: Psalms 84:1, Psalms 84:2, Psalms 84:10, Psalms 102:13, Psalms 102:14, Psalms 122:5-9, Nehemiah 1:2-4, Nehemiah 2:2, Nehemiah 2:3, Isaiah 62:1, Isaiah 62:6, Isaiah 62:7, Jeremiah 51:50, Daniel 6:10, Daniel 6:11
let my right: Zechariah 11:17
Reciprocal: Exodus 26:31 - cunning work Deuteronomy 26:15 - bless thy 1 Samuel 4:22 - The glory 2 Samuel 15:14 - and smite Psalms 51:18 - Do Psalms 122:9 - I will seek Daniel 9:20 - for
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
let my tongue: Psalms 22:15, Isaiah 41:17, Lamentations 4:4, Ezekiel 3:26
if I prefer: Psalms 84:10, Matthew 6:33, Acts 20:24, Philippians 1:20, 1 Thessalonians 3:7-9
my chief joy: Heb. the head of my joy
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 26:15 - bless thy 1 Samuel 4:22 - The glory 2 Samuel 15:14 - and smite 1 Kings 5:7 - Blessed Nehemiah 1:2 - I asked Nehemiah 2:3 - the city Job 29:10 - nobles held their peace Job 31:22 - let Psalms 51:18 - Do Psalms 102:14 - General Psalms 122:6 - Pray Psalms 122:9 - I will seek Isaiah 62:1 - Zion's Isaiah 66:10 - all ye that love Isaiah 66:13 - ye shall Jeremiah 51:50 - remember Daniel 9:20 - for
Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
Remember: Psalms 74:18, Psalms 79:8-12, Exodus 17:14, 1 Samuel 15:2, Hosea 7:2
the children: Isaiah 63:1-6, Jeremiah 49:7-22, Lamentations 4:21, Lamentations 4:22, Ezekiel 25:12-14, Obadiah 1:10-14, Obadiah 1:18-21
Raze it: Heb. make bare
Reciprocal: Genesis 8:1 - God remembered Deuteronomy 30:7 - General Job 18:20 - his day Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 74:8 - said Psalms 122:6 - Pray Isaiah 21:11 - me out Isaiah 34:5 - upon Idumea Jeremiah 25:21 - Edom Lamentations 1:21 - they are Lamentations 1:22 - all their Ezekiel 35:5 - thou hast had Ezekiel 35:11 - I will even Ezekiel 35:15 - didst Ezekiel 36:5 - against all Joel 3:19 - for Amos 1:11 - because Obadiah 1:11 - even Zechariah 1:15 - and Malachi 1:4 - The people Matthew 7:2 - General
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
daughter: Isaiah 47:1-5, Jeremiah 50:42, Jeremiah 51:33, Zechariah 2:7
who art: Isaiah 13:1-22, Isaiah 14:4-24, Isaiah 21:1, Isaiah 47:1, Jeremiah 25:12-14, Jeremiah 50:1 - Jeremiah 51:64, Revelation 14:8-11, Revelation 17:1-18, Revelation 18:6
destroyed: Heb. wasted
happy: Psalms 149:6-9, Isaiah 13:3-5, Isaiah 44:28, Revelation 17:5, Revelation 17:6, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 18:6, Revelation 18:20
rewardeth: etc. Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst unto us, Jeremiah 50:15-29, Revelation 18:6
Reciprocal: Numbers 31:15 - General Joshua 6:21 - utterly 2 Kings 8:12 - dash 2 Kings 19:21 - the daughter Ezra 6:12 - destroy Esther 8:11 - to destroy Psalms 48:11 - because Psalms 54:5 - reward Psalms 87:4 - Babylon Psalms 109:12 - favour Psalms 149:7 - General Psalms 149:9 - to execute Isaiah 13:16 - children Isaiah 14:20 - the seed Isaiah 47:3 - I will take Jeremiah 25:14 - I Jeremiah 27:7 - until Jeremiah 30:16 - General Jeremiah 46:24 - daughter Jeremiah 50:29 - recompense Jeremiah 51:24 - General Jeremiah 51:35 - The violence Jeremiah 51:49 - As Babylon Jeremiah 51:56 - the Lord Lamentations 1:21 - they shall Hosea 13:16 - their infants Obadiah 1:15 - as Micah 7:10 - she that Nahum 3:10 - her young Habakkuk 2:8 - the violence Habakkuk 2:17 - because Matthew 7:2 - General
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
and dasheth: Isaiah 13:16, Hosea 10:14, Hosea 13:16
the stones: Heb. the rock
Reciprocal: Numbers 31:15 - General Joshua 6:21 - utterly 2 Kings 8:12 - dash Ezra 6:12 - destroy Psalms 48:11 - because Psalms 87:4 - Babylon Psalms 109:12 - favour Psalms 149:7 - General Isaiah 13:12 - General Isaiah 14:20 - the seed Isaiah 47:3 - I will take Jeremiah 27:7 - until Jeremiah 30:16 - General Jeremiah 48:4 - her Jeremiah 50:1 - against Babylon Jeremiah 50:15 - as she Jeremiah 50:29 - recompense Jeremiah 50:42 - they are cruel Jeremiah 51:3 - spare Jeremiah 51:24 - General Jeremiah 51:35 - The violence Jeremiah 51:49 - As Babylon Lamentations 1:21 - they shall Micah 7:10 - she that