Psalm 137:1

God's Word

By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.

Cross References

Ezra 8:21

Then I announced a fast there at the Ahava River so that we might humble ourselves in the presence of our God to ask him for a safe journey for ourselves, for our little ones, and for all our goods.

Ezra 8:31

Then we left the Ahava River on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. God was guiding us, and he rescued us from our enemies and from ambushes along the way.

Nehemiah 2:3

“May the king live forever!” I said to the king. “Why shouldn’t I look sad when the city, the place where my ancestors are buried, is in ruins and its gates are burned down?”

Psalm 42:4

I will remember these things as I pour out my soul: how I used to walk with the crowd and lead it in a procession to God’s house. ⌞I sang⌟ songs of joy and thanksgiving while crowds of people celebrated a festival.

Isaiah 66:10

All who love Jerusalem, be happy and rejoice with her. All who mourn for her, be glad with her.

Jeremiah 13:4

“Take the belt that you bought, the one you’re wearing. Go to the Euphrates River, and bury it there in a crack in the rocks.”

Jeremiah 15:17

I didn’t keep company with those who laugh and have fun. I sat alone because your hand was on me. You filled me with outrage.

Jeremiah 51:13

Babylon, you live beside many rivers and are rich with treasures, but your end has come. The thread of your life has been cut off.

Jeremiah 8:19

The cry from my dear people comes from a distant land: “Isn’t the Lord in Zion? Isn’t Zion’s king still there?” They make me furious with their idols, with their foreign gods.

Lamentations 1:16

I’m crying because of ⌞all⌟ these things. My eyes—my eyes flow with tears. No one can give me the comfort I need to keep me alive. Everyone is too far away from me. My children are devastated because my enemies have won.”

Lamentations 2:18

The hearts of Jerusalem’s people cried out to the Lord, the wall of Zion’s people. Let your tears run down like a river day and night. Don’t let them stop. Don’t let your eyes rest.

Lamentations 3:48

“Streams of tears run down from my eyes over the ruin of my dear people.

Lamentations 3:51

What I see with my eyes disturbs me deeply because of all the young women in my city.

Ezekiel 1:1

On the fifth day of the fourth month in the thirtieth year, while I was living among the exiles by the Chebar River, the sky opened, and I saw visions from God.

Ezekiel 1:3

the Lord spoke his word to the priest Ezekiel, son of Buzi, in Babylon by the Chebar River. The power of the Lord came over Ezekiel.

Ezekiel 3:15

I went to Tel Abib, to the exiles who lived by the Chebar River. I sat there among them for seven days. I was stunned.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned to the Lord God and looked to him for help. I prayed, pleaded, and fasted in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 19:41

When he came closer and saw the city, he began to cry.

Revelation 11:3

I will allow my two witnesses who wear sackcloth to speak what God has revealed. They will speak for 1,260 days.”