Psalms 137:3 · KJV
“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. {a song: Heb. the words of a song} {wasted...: Heb. laid us on heaps}”
— Psalms 137:3
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? {strange...: Heb. land of a stranger?}
Psalms 137 — Context
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst 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. {a song: Heb. the words of a song} {wasted...: Heb. laid us on heaps}
4How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land? {strange...: Heb. land of a stranger?}
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget {her cunning}.
Cross References
Luke 21:6
{As for} these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Lamentations 2:15-16
All that pass by clap {their} hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, {saying, Is} this the city that {men} call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? {by: Heb. by the way}
Psalms 9:14
That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Micah 3:12
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed {as} a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Psalms 123:3-4
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Psalms 65:1
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm {and} Song of David.] Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. {waiteth: Heb. is silent}
Jeremiah 26:18
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed {like} a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Psalms 79:1
[A Psalm of Asaph.] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. {of: or, for}