Chapter 137
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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 Gen 2:10-14; Ezra 8:21, Ezra 8:31; Ezek 1:1, there sat, Neh 1:3-4, Neh 2:3; Job 2:12-13; Jer 13:17-18, Jer 15:17; Lam 2:10; Ezek 3:15
we wept Ps 42:4, Ps 102:9-14; Isa 66:10; Jer 51:50-51; Lam 1:16, Lam 2:11, Lam 2:18, Lam 3:48, Lam 3:51; Dan 9:3, Dan 10:2-3; Luke 19:41; Rev 11:3
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we hanged Willows were so plentiful at Babylon, on the banks of the Euphrates, that Isaiah calls it "the brook or river of willows." Ps 33:2, Ps 81:2; Isa 24:8; Ezek 26:13; Amos 8:10; Rev 18:22
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For there Ps 123:3-4; Lam 2:15-16
a song Heb. the words of a song
wasted us Heb. laid us on heaps, Ps 79:1; Neh 4:2; Jer 9:11, Jer 26:18; Mic 3:12; Luke 21:6
the songs of Zion Ps 9:14, Ps 65:1; 1Chr 15:27, 1Chr 16:7; Isa 35:10, Isa 51:11; Jer 31:12-13; Rev 14:1-3
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How shall Eccl 3:4; Isa 22:12; Lam 5:14-15; Hos 9:4; Amos 8:3
strange land Heb. land of a stranger, Isa 49:21
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I forget Ps 84:1-2, Ps 84:10, Ps 102:13-14, Ps 122:5-9; Neh 1:2-4, Neh 2:2-3; Isa 62:1, Isa 62:6-7; Jer 51:50; Dan 6:10-11
let my right Zech 11:17
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let my tongue Ps 22:15; Isa 41:17; Lam 4:4; Ezek 3:26
if I prefer Ps 84:10; Matt 6:33; Acts 20:24; Phil 1:20; 1Thess 3:7-9
my chief joy Heb. the head of my joy
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Remember Ps 74:18, Ps 79:8-12; Exod 17:14; 1Sam 15:2; Hos 7:2
the children Isa 63:1-6; Jer 49:7-22; Lam 4:21-22; Ezek 25:12-14; Obad 1:10-14, Obad 1:18-21
Raze it Heb. make bare
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daughter Isa 47:1-5; Jer 50:42, Jer 51:33; Zech 2:7
who art Isa 13:1-22, Isa 14:4-24, Isa 21:1, Isa 47:1; Jer 25:12-14, 50:1-51:64; Rev 14:8-11, Rev 17:1-18, Rev 18:6
destroyed Heb. wasted
happy Ps 149:6-9; Isa 13:3-5, Isa 44:28; Rev 17:5-6, Rev 17:14, Rev 18:6, Rev 18:20
rewardeth etc. Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst unto us, Jer 50:15-29; Rev 18:6
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and dasheth Isa 13:16; Hos 10:14, Hos 13:16
the stones Heb. the rock
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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 Gen 2:10-14; Ezra 8:21, Ezra 8:31; Ezek 1:1, there sat, Neh 1:3-4, Neh 2:3; Job 2:12-13; Jer 13:17-18, Jer 15:17; Lam 2:10; Ezek 3:15
we wept Ps 42:4, Ps 102:9-14; Isa 66:10; Jer 51:50-51; Lam 1:16, Lam 2:11, Lam 2:18, Lam 3:48, Lam 3:51; Dan 9:3, Dan 10:2-3; Luke 19:41; Rev 11:3
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we hanged Willows were so plentiful at Babylon, on the banks of the Euphrates, that Isaiah calls it "the brook or river of willows." Ps 33:2, Ps 81:2; Isa 24:8; Ezek 26:13; Amos 8:10; Rev 18:22
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For there Ps 123:3-4; Lam 2:15-16
a song Heb. the words of a song
wasted us Heb. laid us on heaps, Ps 79:1; Neh 4:2; Jer 9:11, Jer 26:18; Mic 3:12; Luke 21:6
the songs of Zion Ps 9:14, Ps 65:1; 1Chr 15:27, 1Chr 16:7; Isa 35:10, Isa 51:11; Jer 31:12-13; Rev 14:1-3
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How shall Eccl 3:4; Isa 22:12; Lam 5:14-15; Hos 9:4; Amos 8:3
strange land Heb. land of a stranger, Isa 49:21
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I forget Ps 84:1-2, Ps 84:10, Ps 102:13-14, Ps 122:5-9; Neh 1:2-4, Neh 2:2-3; Isa 62:1, Isa 62:6-7; Jer 51:50; Dan 6:10-11
let my right Zech 11:17
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let my tongue Ps 22:15; Isa 41:17; Lam 4:4; Ezek 3:26
if I prefer Ps 84:10; Matt 6:33; Acts 20:24; Phil 1:20; 1Thess 3:7-9
my chief joy Heb. the head of my joy
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Remember Ps 74:18, Ps 79:8-12; Exod 17:14; 1Sam 15:2; Hos 7:2
the children Isa 63:1-6; Jer 49:7-22; Lam 4:21-22; Ezek 25:12-14; Obad 1:10-14, Obad 1:18-21
Raze it Heb. make bare
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daughter Isa 47:1-5; Jer 50:42, Jer 51:33; Zech 2:7
who art Isa 13:1-22, Isa 14:4-24, Isa 21:1, Isa 47:1; Jer 25:12-14, 50:1-51:64; Rev 14:8-11, Rev 17:1-18, Rev 18:6
destroyed Heb. wasted
happy Ps 149:6-9; Isa 13:3-5, Isa 44:28; Rev 17:5-6, Rev 17:14, Rev 18:6, Rev 18:20
rewardeth etc. Heb. recompenseth unto thee thy deed which thou didst unto us, Jer 50:15-29; Rev 18:6
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and dasheth Isa 13:16; Hos 10:14, Hos 13:16
the stones Heb. the rock