Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psalms 137:3 Cross-References
Explore 17 cross-references for Psalms 137:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 137 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 137:3
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song (כִּי שָׁם שְׁאֵלוּנוּ שׁוֹבֵינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁיר)—The captors demand entertainment from captives. Shovenu (those who took us captive) becomes shoalunu (asked/required of us)—forced performance. And they that wasted us required of us mirth (וְתוֹלָלֵינוּ שִׂמְחָה)—tolalenu (those who devastated us) demand simchah (joy/gladness), adding cruelty to conquest.Sing us one of the songs of Zion (שִׁירוּ לָנוּ מִשִּׁיר צִיּוֹן)—Sacred music reduced to exotic novelty. This echoes modern secularization: biblical imagery co-opted for entert...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 137:3
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“As for these things which ye behold”
“[saying]”
“and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble”
“I will rejoice in your salvation.”
“Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.”
“the nations have come into your inheritance. They have defiled your holy temple. They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.”
“and shall flow to the goodness of Yahweh”
“saying”
“Yahweh”
“and said”