By the rivers of Babylon - The streams, the water-courses, the rivulets. Properly, only one river flowed through Babylon—the Euphra…

By the rivers ...—Mentioned as the characteristic feature of the country, as we say “among the mountains of Wales.” The c…

Babylon was full of canals and rivers; the captive Israelites sought out lonely places where they might be away from their oppressors and, in the c…

By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down. I have elsewhere said that it is a great mistake to suppose that it is David who here…

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down
If by Babylon is meant the country, then the rivers of it are Chebar, Ul…

Their enemies had carried the Jews captive from their own land. To complete their woes, they mocked them; they demanded from them mirth and a song.…