Psalms 137:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

By the waters of Babylon we sat downe there: also we wept when we remembred Sion.

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  • Ezek 1:1 : 1 It came to passe in the thirtith yere in the fourth moneth in the fifth day of the moneth, that (I beyng in the middes of the captiuitie, by the riuer Chebar) the heauens were opened, and I sawe visions of God:
  • Ezek 1:3 : 3 The worde of the Lorde came to Ezechiel the priest the sonne of Buzi, in the lande of the Chaldeans by the riuer Chebar, where the hand of the Lord was vpon hym.
  • Ezek 3:15 : 15 Then I came to the captiues in Thelabib that dwelt by the riuer Chebar, and I sate where they sate, and I remayned there seuen dayes, astonished among them.
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 And I turned my face vnto the Lord God, and sought by prayer and supplication, with fasting, sackcloth, and asshes.
  • Dan 10:2-3 : 2 At the same time, I Daniel mourned for the space of three weekes of dayes. 3 I ate no pleasaunt bread, as for flesh and wine there came none within my mouth: no, I did not once annoynt my selfe till the whole three weekes of dayes were fulfilled.
  • Luke 19:41 : 41 And when he was come neare, he behelde the citie, and wept on it.
  • Rev 11:3 : 3 And I wyl geue power vnto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesie a thousande, two hundred, and threescore dayes, clothed in sackcloth.
  • Gen 2:10-14 : 10 And out of Eden there went foorth a flood to water the garden, and from thence it was deuided, and became into foure heades. 11 The name of ye first is Pison, the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Hauilah, where there is golde: 12 And the golde of the lande is very good. There is also Bdellium, and the Onix stone. 13 The name of the seconde riuer is Gyhon: the same is it that compasseth the whole lande of Ethiopia. 14 The name of ye thirde ryuer is Hidekel, & it goeth toward the east side of Assiria: & the fourth ryuer is Euphrates.
  • Ezra 8:21 : 21 And euen there at the water beside Ahaua I proclaymed a fast, that we might humble our selues before our God, and seke of hym a right way for vs, and for our children, and for all our substaunce.
  • Ezra 8:31 : 31 And we brake vp from the water of Ahaua on the twelfth day of the first moneth, to go vnto Hierusalem: and the hande of our God was vpon vs, and deliuered vs from the hande of the enemies, and of such as layed wayte for vs by the way.
  • Neh 1:3-4 : 3 And they sayde vnto me: The remnaunt that are left of the captiuitie there in the lande, are in great affliction and rebuke: the wall of Hierusalem also is broken downe, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire. 4 And when I hearde these wordes, I sat downe and wept, and mourned certayne dayes, and fasted and prayed before the God of heauen,
  • Neh 2:3 : 3 And sayde vnto the king, God saue the king for euer: Howe shoulde I not loke sadly, when the citie and place of my fathers burials lye waste, and the gates therof are consumed with fire?
  • Job 2:12-13 : 12 So when they lift vp their eyes a farre of, they knew him not: then they cryed and wept, and euery one of them rent his clothes, and sprinckled dust vpon their heades in the ayre. 13 They sate them downe by him also vpon the grounde seuen dayes & seuen nightes, and none spake a worde vnto him: for they sawe that his greefe was very great.
  • Ps 42:4 : 4 And I powred out of me my very heart, remembryng this howe that before tyme I haue passed with a great number, bringyng the vnto the house of the Lord: with a voyce of ioy & prayse, & with a company that kept holy day.
  • Ps 102:9-9 : 9 For I haue eaten asshes as it were bread, and mingled my drynke with weepyng, 10 because of thine indignation and wrath: for thou hast set me vp, and cast me downe. 11 My dayes fade away lyke a shadowe: and I am wythered lyke grasse. 12 But thou O God endurest for euer: and thy remembraunce throughout all generations. 13 Thou wylt aryse vp, thou wylt haue compassion vpon Sion: for it is tyme that thou haue mercie vpon her, for the tyme appoynted is come. 14 For thy seruauntes be well affected towarde her stones: and it pitieth them to see her in the dust.
  • Isa 66:10 : 10 Reioyce with Hierusalem, and be glad with her all ye that loue her, be ioyfull with her all ye that mourne for her.
  • Jer 13:17-18 : 17 But if ye wyll not heare me that geue you secrete warnyng, I wyll mourne from my whole heart for your stubburnnesse: Piteously wyll I weepe, and the teares shall gushe out of mine eyes, for the Lordes flocke shalbe caried away captiue. 18 Tell the kyng and the queene, humble your selues, sit you downe lowe, for your dignitie shalbe throwen downe, and the crowne of your glorie shall fall from your head.
  • Jer 15:17 : 17 I dwell not among the scorners, neither is my delight therin: but I dwell alone because of thy hande, for thou hast fylled me with bitternesse.
  • Jer 51:50-51 : 50 Ye that haue escaped the sworde, haste you, stande not styl, remember the Lord a farre of, and thynke vpon Hierusalem. 51 For we are ashamed to heare the blasphemies, our faces were couered with shame, because the straunge aliauntes came into the sanctuarie of the Lorde.
  • Lam 1:16 : 16 Therfore do I weepe, and mine eyes gushe out of water: for the comfort that shoulde quicken me is farre fro me, my children are driuen away: for why? the enemie hath gotten the vpper hande.
  • Lam 2:10-11 : 10 The senatours of the daughter Sion sit vpon the grounde in scilence, they haue strawed asshes vpon their heads, and gyrded them selues with sackcloth: the maydens of Hierusalem hang downe their heades to the grounde. 11 Mine eyes begin to fayle me through weeping, my body is disquieted, my liuer is powred vpon the earth for the great hurt of the daughter of my people, seeing the chyldren and babes dyd swowne in the streetes of the citie.
  • Lam 2:18 : 18 Their heart cryed vnto the Lorde, O thou citie of the daughter Sion: let thy teares runne downe like a riuer day and night, rest not, and let not the apple of thyne eye leaue of.
  • Lam 3:48 : 48 Whole riuers of water gushe out of mine eyes for the hurt of my people:
  • Lam 3:51 : 51 Mine eyes breaketh my heart, because of all the daughters of my citie.

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