Psalm 137:3

New American Bible - revised edition

For there our captors asked us for the words of a song; Our tormentors, for joy: “Sing for us a song of Zion!”

Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:27

David was vested in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who carried the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah, the leader of song; David was also wearing a linen ephod.

1 Chronicles 16:7

On that same day, David appointed Asaph and his brothers to sing for the first time these praises of the Lord:

Nehemiah 4:2

They all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to throw us into confusion.

Psalm 65:1

For the leader. A psalm of David. A song.

Psalm 79:1

A psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.

Psalm 80:6

You have fed them the bread of tears, made them drink tears in great measure.

Psalm 9:14

Be gracious to me, Lord; see how my foes afflict me! You alone can raise me from the gates of death.

Proverbs 25:20

Like the removal of clothes on a cold day, or vinegar on soda, is the one who sings to a troubled heart.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning flee away.

Isaiah 51:11

Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee.

Jeremiah 26:18

“Micah of Moresheth used to prophesy in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and he said to all the people of Judah: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, Jerusalem, a heap of ruins, and the temple mount, a forest ridge.

Jeremiah 9:11

Who is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken? Let him declare it! Why is the land ravaged, scorched like a wilderness no one crosses?

Micah 3:12

Therefore, because of you, Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem reduced to rubble, And the mount of the temple to a forest ridge.

Luke 21:6

“All that you see here—the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.” The Signs of the End.