Psalm 137:3

Good News Translation

Those who captured us told us to sing; they told us to entertain them: “Sing us a song about Zion.”

Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:27

David was wearing a robe made of the finest linen, and so were the musicians, Chenaniah their leader, and the Levites who carried the Box. David also wore a linen ephod.

1 Chronicles 16:7

It was then that David first gave Asaph and the other Levites the responsibility for singing praises to the Lord.

Nehemiah 4:2

In front of his companions and the Samaritan troops he said, “What do these miserable Jews think they're doing? Do they intend to rebuild the city? Do they think that by offering sacrifices they can finish the work in one day? Can they make building stones out of heaps of burnt rubble?”

Psalm 65:1

O God, it is right for us to praise you in Zion and keep our promises to you,

Psalm 79:1

O God, the heathen have invaded your land. They have desecrated your holy Temple and left Jerusalem in ruins.

Psalm 80:6

You let the surrounding nations fight over our land; our enemies insult us.

Psalm 9:14

that I may stand before the people of Jerusalem and tell them all the things for which I praise you. I will rejoice because you saved me.

Proverbs 25:20

Singing to a person who is depressed is like taking off a person's clothes on a cold day or like rubbing salt in a wound.

Isaiah 35:10

They will reach Jerusalem with gladness, singing and shouting for joy. They will be happy forever, forever free from sorrow and grief.

Isaiah 51:11

Those whom you have rescued will reach Jerusalem with gladness, singing and shouting for joy. They will be happy forever, forever free from sorrow and grief.

Jeremiah 26:18

“When Hezekiah was king of Judah, the prophet Micah of Moresheth told all the people that the Lord Almighty had said, ‘Zion will be plowed like a field; Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.’

Jeremiah 9:11

The Lord says, “I will make Jerusalem a pile of ruins, a place where jackals live; the cities of Judah will become a desert, a place where no one lives.”

Micah 3:12

And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.

Luke 21:6

“All this you see—the time will come when not a single stone here will be left in its place; every one will be thrown down.”