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An Experience of the Captivity.
1 By the AEzek 1:1, 3rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down and BNeh 1:4wept,
When we remembered Zion.
We BJob 30:31; Is 24:8; Ezek 26:13hung our 2Lit lyresharps.
And BIs 49:17our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
4 How can we sing A2 Chr 29:27; Neh 12:46the Loʀᴅ’s song
In a foreign land?
5 If I AIs 65:11forget you, O Jerusalem,
May my right hand 1I.e. become lameforget her skill.
6 May my AJob 29:10; Ps 22:15; Ezek 3:26tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not 1Lit cause to ascendBNeh 2:3exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O Loʀᴅ, against the sons of APs 83:4-8; Is 34:5, 6; Jer 49:7-22; Lam 4:21; Ezek 25:12-14; 35:2; Amos 1:11; Obad 10-14Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, “Raze it, raze it
BPs 74:7; Hab 3:13To its very foundation.”
8 O daughter of Babylon, you 1Or devastatorAIs 13:1-22; 47:1-15; Jer 25:12; 50:1-46; 51:1-64devastated one,
How blessed will be the one who BJer 50:15; 51:24, 35, 36, 49; Rev 18:6repays you
With 2Lit your recompensethe recompense with which you have repaid us.
9 How blessed will be the one who seizes and A2 Kin 8:12; Is 13:16; Hos 13:16; Nah 3:10dashes your little ones
Against the rock.
1137:2 Or poplars
B137:2 Job 30:31; Is 24:8; Ezek 26:13
2137:2 Lit lyres
1137:3 Lit asked
2137:3 Lit words of song
1137:5 I.e. become lame
A137:6 Job 29:10; Ps 22:15; Ezek 3:26
1137:6 Lit cause to ascend
A137:7 Ps 83:4-8; Is 34:5, 6; Jer 49:7-22; Lam 4:21; Ezek 25:12-14; 35:2; Amos 1:11; Obad 10-14
1137:8 Or devastator
A137:8 Is 13:1-22; 47:1-15; Jer 25:12; 50:1-46; 51:1-64
B137:8 Jer 50:15; 51:24, 35, 36, 49; Rev 18:6
2137:8 Lit your recompense
A137:9 2 Kin 8:12; Is 13:16; Hos 13:16; Nah 3:10