Psalm 137:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

But we cannot sing the Lord’s songs in a foreign country!

Cross References

Amos 8:3

Their temple songs will become funeral songs.” This is what the Lord GOD said. “There will be dead bodies everywhere. In silence, people will take out the dead bodies and throw them onto the pile.”

Hosea 9:4

They will not be able to give offerings of wine to the Lord. None of their sacrifices will please him. What they offer will be like food eaten at a funeral—whoever eats it will become unclean. They can eat that food for their own hunger, but it cannot be taken into the Lord’s Temple.

Isaiah 22:12

So the Lord GOD All-Powerful told the people to cry and mourn for their dead friends. He told them to shave their heads and wear mourning clothes.

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say to yourself, ‘Who gave me all these children? I was sad and lonely. My children were taken away. They were gone. So who gave me these children? Look, I was the only one left. Where did all these children come from?’”

Ecclesiastes 3:4

There is a time to cry and a time to laugh. There is a time to be sad and a time to dance with joy.