By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. Treasury of Scripture A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir 541. 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 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became into four heads... Ezra 8:21,31 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God... Ezekiel 1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month... there sat Nehemiah 1:3,4 And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach... Nehemiah 2:3 And said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city... Job 2:12,13 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle... Jeremiah 13:17,18 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears... Jeremiah 15:17 I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand: for you have filled me with indignation. Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust on their heads... Ezekiel 3:15 Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelled by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat... we wept Psalm 42:4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God... Psalm 102:9-14 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping... Isaiah 66:10 Rejoice you with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her: Jeremiah 51:50,51 You that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind... Lamentations 1:16 For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me... Lamentations 2:11,18 My eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people... Lamentations 3:48,51 My eye runs down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people... Daniel 9:3 And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: Daniel 10:2,3 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks... Luke 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Revelation 11:3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth.
Context By the Rivers of Babylon
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2We hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof. 3For 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. 4How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof. 8O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us. 9Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:
Darby Bible Translation
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
King James Bible
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Young's Literal Translation
By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
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