How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? Treasury of Scripture how shall Ecclesiastes 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; Isaiah 22:12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: Lamentations 5:14,15 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music... Hosea 9:4 They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing to him... Amos 8:3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, said the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place... strange land. Heb. land of a stranger Isaiah 49:21 Then shall you say in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive...
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
How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?
Douay-Rheims Bible
How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?
Darby Bible Translation
How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?
King James Bible
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Young's Literal Translation
How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
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