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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
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A Scene of Settled Sorrow
Commentators explain that the 'rivers of Babylon' refer to the Euphrates and its vast network of canals. The exiles 'sat down' by these waters, a posture indicating their grief was not a fleeting emotion but a prolonged, settled state of sorrow during their long captivity.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
By the rivers of Babylon - The streams, the water-courses, the rivulets. Properly, only one river flowed through Babylon—the Euphra…
19th Century
Anglican
By the rivers ...—Mentioned as the characteristic feature of the country, as we say “among the mountains of Wales.” The c…
Baptist
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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.…
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