Psalms 137:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 24:8 : 8 The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.
  • Ezek 26:13 : 13 I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your instruments of music will be gone for ever.
  • Amos 8:10 : 10 Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
  • Rev 18:22 : 22 And the voice of players and makers of music will never again be sounding in you: and no worker, expert in art, will ever again be living in you; and there will be no sound of the crushing of grain any more at all in you;
  • Ps 33:2 : 2 Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.
  • Ps 81:2 : 2 Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.

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