Psalm 137:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

We sat by the rivers in Babylon and cried as we remembered Zion.

Cross References

Ezekiel 1:1

I am the priest, Ezekiel son of Buzi. I was in exile by the Kebar Canal in Babylonia when the skies opened up, and I saw visions of God. This was on the fifth day of the fourth month of the thirtieth year. (This was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s exile. The word of the Lord came to Ezekiel. The power of the Lord came over him at that place.)

Ezekiel 3:15

I went to the people of Israel who were forced to live in Tel Aviv by the Kebar Canal. I sat there among them for seven days, shocked and silent.

Luke 19:41

Jesus came near Jerusalem. Looking at the city, he began to cry for it

Lamentations 3:48

My eyes flow with streams of tears. I cry because of the destruction of my people.

Lamentations 2:18

Cry out with all your heart to the Lord! Jerusalem, let tears roll down your walls. Let your tears flow like a stream day and night. Don’t stop crying or let your eyes dry.

Lamentations 1:16

“I cry about all these things. Tears are flowing down my cheeks. There is no one near to comfort me. There is no one who can make me feel better. My children are like a wasteland, because the enemy won.”

Jeremiah 15:17

I never sat with the crowd as they laughed and had fun. I sat by myself because of your influence on me. You filled me with anger at the evil around me.

Psalm 42:4

My heart breaks as I remember the pleasant times in the past, when I walked with the crowds as I led them up to God’s Temple. I remember the happy songs of praise as they celebrated the festival.

Nehemiah 2:3

But even though I was afraid, I said to the king, “May the king live forever! I am sad because the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and the gates of that city have been destroyed by fire.”

Ezra 8:31

On the twelfth day of the first month, we left the Ahava River and started toward Jerusalem. God was with us, and he protected us from enemies and robbers along the way.

Ezra 8:21

There near the Ahava River, I announced that we all should fast. We should fast to make ourselves humble before our God. We wanted to ask God for a safe trip for ourselves, our children, and for everything we owned.

Revelation 11:3

And I will give power to my two witnesses. And they will prophesy for 1260 days. They will be dressed in sackcloth.”

Daniel 9:3

Then I turned to the Lord God. I prayed to him and asked him for help. I did not eat any food. I put ashes on my head and put on the clothes that showed I was sad.

Lamentations 3:51

My eyes make me sad, when I see what happened to the young women in my city.

Isaiah 66:10

Jerusalem and all her friends, be happy! All of you who were sad for her, be happy and rejoice with her!

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen to my people. Everywhere in this country, people are crying for help. They say, “Is the Lord still at Zion? Is Zion’s King still there?” But God says, “The people of Judah worshiped their worthless foreign idols. That made me very angry! Why did they do that?”

Jeremiah 13:4

This was the message: “Jeremiah, take the loincloth you bought and are wearing, and go to Perath. Hide the loincloth there in a crack in the rocks.”

Jeremiah 51:13

Babylon, you live near much water. You are rich with treasures, but your end as a nation has come. It is time for you to be destroyed.