We hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof. Treasury of Scripture we hanged. Willows were so plentiful at Babylon on the banks of the Euphrates, that Isaiah calls it the brook or river of willows. Psalm 33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing to him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Psalm 81:2 Take a psalm, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Isaiah 24:8 The mirth of tabrets ceases, the noise of them that rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases. Ezekiel 26:13 And I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be no more heard. Amos 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins... Revelation 18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman...
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
Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
Douay-Rheims Bible
On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.
Darby Bible Translation
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
King James Bible
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Young's Literal Translation
On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
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