 | William Hone - 1835 - 876 pages
...the children of Israel lamented their captivity : — " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion : we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. • The wicker-baskets made by our forefathers are the subject of an epigram by Martial : — " From... | |
 | 1835 - 444 pages
...remember the pathetic language of the cxxxvii Psalm, " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.'' By " the rivers of Babylon" were meant the streams of the Euphrates; and a Turkey merchant named Vernon,... | |
 | Richard Westall, John Martin - 1835 - 208 pages
...privations of captivity. " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when weremembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof."* They had no longer a tabernacle ; their harps, with which, in their own happy Palestine, the land of... | |
 | Fulgence Fresnel - 1836 - 138 pages
...Quomodo cantabimus canticum Domini in terra alienâ? By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat clown, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one ofthesongsofZion. How shall we sing the i.ons's... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1836 - 814 pages
...expressions of patriotism and piety from the captive Jews: — "By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...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.' How shall we sing... | |
 | Fulgence Fresnel - 1836 - 152 pages
...the rivers of Babylon, therc w sat ilown, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our barps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they...carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mîrlh, saying, Sing us one of the songs ofZion. How shall we simj thé... | |
 | 1836 - 508 pages
...strange land ?" — Thus oppressed Israel wept, and said, " By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion : we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." They wept because they still loved Zion. Deep and deadly must be the depravity of that apostate who... | |
 | Fulgence Fresnel - 1836 - 136 pages
...wept, when wc remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon thc willows in the midst thereof. For tliere they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirtli, saying, Sing us one of the songsofZion. How shall we sing the... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1837 - 408 pages
...Jews in captivity. The prophet cuneth Edam and Babel. BY the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea> we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our...carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of m mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the... | |
 | Nathan Covington Brooks - 1837 - 220 pages
...and thy God. THE CAPTIVITY. By the rivers of Babylon we sat down ; yea we wept when we remem bered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the...us away captive, required of us a song ; and they that wasted us, required of us mirth, sayiug, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. PSALM cxxxvii., 1,... | |
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BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth,... 
