Psalms 137:3

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For there, our captors asked us for songs, and our tormentors asked for joy, saying, 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion!'

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  • 1 Chr 15:27 : 27 David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah, the leader of singing. David also wore a linen ephod.
  • 1 Chr 16:7 : 7 On that day, David first gave Asaph and his brothers the task of singing praise to the LORD.
  • Neh 4:2 : 2 They all conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and cause confusion.
  • Ps 9:14 : 14 Be gracious to me, LORD; see my affliction from those who hate me, you who lift me up from the gates of death.
  • Ps 65:1 : 1 For the choir director, a psalm of David, a song.
  • Ps 79:1 : 1 A psalm of Asaph. O God, nations have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
  • Ps 80:6 : 6 You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears in abundance.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Show us mercy, O LORD, show us mercy, for we have had more than enough of scorn. 4 Our souls have had more than enough of the mocking of the complacent, and the contempt of the arrogant.
  • Isa 35:10 : 10 The redeemed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will crown their heads; they will obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
  • Isa 51:11 : 11 So the ransomed of the Lord will return, and they will come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
  • Jer 9:11 : 11 Who is the wise person who may understand this? And to whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished, been scorched like a desert with no one passing through?
  • Jer 26:18 : 18 'Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and said to all the people of Judah, “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the temple mount will become overgrown with thickets.”'
  • Jer 31:12-13 : 12 They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion, and they will be radiant because of the LORD's bounty—grain, new wine, olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will no longer languish in sorrow. 13 The young women will rejoice and dance, and the young men and the old together. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them and give them gladness in place of sorrow.
  • Lam 2:15-16 : 15 All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 'Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?' 16 All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss and grind their teeth, saying, 'We have swallowed her up. Surely this is the day we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.'
  • Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple will become a high place overgrown with thickets.
  • Luke 21:6 : 6 ‘As for these things you see, days are coming when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.’
  • Rev 14:1-3 : 1 Then I looked, and there was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with Him were 144,000 who had His Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of rushing waters and like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like harpists playing their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

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  • Ps 137:4
    86%

    4How can we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?

  • Ps 137:1-2
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    1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.

    2Upon the willows in its midst, we hung our harps.

  • Ps 126:1-4
    4 verses
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    1When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion, we were like those who dream.

    2Then our mouths were filled with laughter, and our tongues with joyful songs. Then it was said among the nations, 'The LORD has done great things for them.'

    3The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad.

    4Restore our fortunes, LORD, like streams in the Negev.

  • Jer 9:18-19
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    71%

    18'For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How devastated we are! We are utterly ashamed, for we have left the land and our dwellings have been cast off.”'

    19'Hear the word of the Lord, you women; let your ears receive the words of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail and one another to mourn.'

  • Ps 53:6
    70%

    6There they were filled with dread where there was no reason to fear, for God scattered the bones of those who attacked you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

  • Lam 5:15
    70%

    15The joy of our hearts has ended; our dancing has turned into mourning.

  • Lam 1:3-4
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    69%

    3Judah has gone into exile, suffering and hard service. She lives among the nations but finds no rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in narrow places.

    4The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.

  • Ps 106:46
    69%

    46He caused them to be treated with compassion by all who held them captive.

  • Lam 1:18
    69%

    18The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against his word. Listen, all you peoples; look at my suffering. My young women and my young men have gone into captivity.

  • Job 30:31
    68%

    31My harp is turned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

  • Isa 65:14
    68%

    14Behold, my servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from the pain of your hearts and wail from a broken spirit.

  • Neh 9:36-37
    2 verses
    68%

    36Here we are today, slaves in the land You gave to our ancestors so they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness—here we are, slaves in it!

    37Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please, and we are in great distress.

  • Lam 5:8
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    8Slaves now rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their power.

  • Isa 35:10
    68%

    10The redeemed of the Lord will return and come to Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will crown their heads; they will obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

  • Jer 14:19
    68%

    19Have You utterly rejected Judah? Does Your soul loathe Zion? Why have You struck us so that we cannot be healed? We hoped for peace, but no good has come; for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

  • Ps 80:6
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    6You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears in abundance.

  • Neh 5:4-5
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    4Still others were saying, 'We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.'

    5'Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Israelites, and our children are just like theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, and we are powerless to do anything about it, since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.'

  • Ezra 9:9
    67%

    9'Though we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our slavery. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia. He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and He has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.'

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    14I have become the laughingstock of all my people; their mocking song all day long.

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    3On the day the LORD gives you rest from your pain, your turmoil, and the harsh labor imposed on you,

  • Ps 81:2
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    2Sing joyfully to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.

  • Amos 6:5
    67%

    5You strum away on your harps like David and fashion instruments for music.

  • Ps 124:3
    67%

    3then they would have swallowed us alive in their burning anger against us.

  • 2 Chr 6:37
    67%

    37and they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, and we have acted wickedly.'

  • Mic 2:4
    67%

    4On that day, they will take up a taunt against you and wail with bitter lament, saying: 'We are utterly ruined; my people's inheritance is divided. How it has been taken away from me! He removes our fields and gives them to traitors.'

  • Isa 64:11
    67%

    11For these things, will you restrain yourself, LORD? Will you remain silent and afflict us so severely?

  • 2 Chr 29:9
    67%

    9This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, daughters, and wives are in captivity today.

  • Isa 51:11
    67%

    11So the ransomed of the Lord will return, and they will come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

  • Isa 52:9
    67%

    9Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

  • Neh 12:27
    67%

    27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all their places to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgiving and with singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

  • Ps 14:7
    67%

    7Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

  • Lam 5:4-5
    2 verses
    67%

    4We must pay for the water we drink; even our wood comes at a price.

    5We are pursued with burdens upon our necks; we are weary and find no rest.

  • Jer 31:12
    66%

    12They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion, and they will be radiant because of the LORD's bounty—grain, new wine, olive oil, the young of the flocks and herds. They will be like a well-watered garden, and they will no longer languish in sorrow.

  • Isa 42:22
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    22But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in holes or hidden away in prisons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them; they are loot, with no one to say, 'Restore them.'

  • Isa 30:29
    66%

    29You will sing as on the night of a sacred festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people go up with flutes to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

  • Ps 137:8
    66%

    8O daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is the one who repays you according to what you have done to us.

  • Jer 8:14
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  • Jer 8:19
    66%

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    33This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The people of Israel and the people of Judah are oppressed together. All their captors hold them fast and refuse to let them go.

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