We hanged our harps upon the willows - The harps once used to accompany the songs of praise and the service of God in the temple; t…

Willows. —It is perhaps not necessary to attempt to identify the trees mentioned in this verse, since the touching picture may onl…

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…

We hanged our harps upon the willows. He deplores the suspension of the songs of praise, which God had commanded in his Temple. The Levite…

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof .
] These were musical instruments, used in the temple ser…

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.…