Psalms 137:3
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.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 137 connects to 10 cross-references. A lament of Babylonian exiles who hung their harps on willows, unable to sing the Lord's song in a foreign land. Those who demand songs of Zion receive the mournful question 'How shall we sing?' The psalm ends controversially with …
Other Translations
For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers--joy: `Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'
For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.
Cross References
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon …
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: …
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning …
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the …
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And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, …
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of …
As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one …
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: …
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four …