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Psalms 137:1-3

1 Psalm 137
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.

2 There on the poplars
we hung our harps,

3 for there our captors asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”

Cross References for Psalms 137:1-3

Ezekiel 11:24 - The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the exiles in Babylonia in the vision given by the Sp... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 11:24 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 11:24

Ezekiel 1:1 - The Living Creatures and the Glory of the Lord In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month on th... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 1:1 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 1:1

Ezra 8:21 - There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our Go... Click to read the verse Ezra 8:21 Click to read the verse Ezra 8:21

Revelation 11:3 - And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sa... Click to read the verse Revelation 11:3 Click to read the verse Revelation 11:3

Luke 19:41 - As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it Click to read the verse Luke 19:41 Click to read the verse Luke 19:41

Nehemiah 2:3 - but I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not look sad when the ci... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 2:3 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 2:3

Jeremiah 15:17 - I never sat in the company of revelers, never made merry with them; I sat alone because your ha... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 15:17 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 15:17

Isaiah 66:10 - “Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, al... Click to read the verse Isaiah 66:10 Click to read the verse Isaiah 66:10

Ezekiel 6:9 - Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me—how... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 6:9 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 6:9

Daniel 10:2-3 - At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks. Click to read the verse Daniel 10:2-3 Click to read the verse Daniel 10:2-3

Psalms 42:4 - These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the... Click to read the verse Psalms 42:4 Click to read the verse Psalms 42:4

Nehemiah 1:3-4 - They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great troubl... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 1:3-4 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 1:3-4

Daniel 9:3 - So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sac... Click to read the verse Daniel 9:3 Click to read the verse Daniel 9:3

Ezekiel 1:3 - the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the lan... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 1:3 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 1:3

Psalms 126:5 - Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. Click to read the verse Psalms 126:5 Click to read the verse Psalms 126:5

Nehemiah 1:4 - When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed b... Click to read the verse Nehemiah 1:4 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 1:4

Ezra 8:31 - On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The h... Click to read the verse Ezra 8:31 Click to read the verse Ezra 8:31

Ezra 8:15 - The Return to Jerusalem I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped th... Click to read the verse Ezra 8:15 Click to read the verse Ezra 8:15

Ezekiel 3:15 - I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Abib near the Kebar River. And there, where they were liv... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 3:15 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 3:15

Job 2:12-13 - When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, a... Click to read the verse Job 2:12-13 Click to read the verse Job 2:12-13

Lamentations 3:51 - What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city. Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:51 Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:51

Lamentations 1:16 - “This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to re... Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:16 Click to read the verse Lamentations 1:16

Psalms 87:4 - “I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me— Philistia too, and Tyre, along... Click to read the verse Psalms 87:4 Click to read the verse Psalms 87:4

Genesis 2:10-14 - A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. Click to read the verse Genesis 2:10-14 Click to read the verse Genesis 2:10-14

Psalms 102:9-14 - For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears Click to read the verse Psalms 102:9-14 Click to read the verse Psalms 102:9-14

Lamentations 2:10-11 - The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have sprinkled dust on th... Click to read the verse Lamentations 2:10-11 Click to read the verse Lamentations 2:10-11

Lamentations 3:48 - Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:48 Click to read the verse Lamentations 3:48

Jeremiah 51:50-51 - You who have escaped the sword, leave and do not linger! Remember the Lord in a distant land, a... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:50-51 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 51:50-51

Jeremiah 13:17-18 - But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride; my eyes will weep bitter... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 13:17-18 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 13:17-18

Lamentations 2:18 - The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears fl... Click to read the verse Lamentations 2:18 Click to read the verse Lamentations 2:18

Jeremiah 13:4 - “Take the belt you bought and are wearing around your waist, and go now to Perath and hide it t... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 13:4 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 13:4