Psalm 137:1

New Living Translation

Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem.

Cross References

Ezra 8:21

And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled.

Ezra 8:31

We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19 and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way.

Nehemiah 2:3

but I replied, “Long live the king! How can I not be sad? For the city where my ancestors are buried is in ruins, and the gates have been destroyed by fire.”

Psalm 42:4

My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers, leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration!

Isaiah 66:10

“Rejoice with Jerusalem! Be glad with her, all you who love her and all you who mourn for her.

Jeremiah 13:4

“Take the linen loincloth you are wearing, and go to the Euphrates River. Hide it there in a hole in the rocks.”

Jeremiah 15:17

I never joined the people in their merry feasts. I sat alone because your hand was on me. I was filled with indignation at their sins.

Jeremiah 51:13

You are a city by a great river, a great center of commerce, but your end has come. The thread of your life is cut.

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. “Has the Lord abandoned Jerusalem?” the people ask. “Is her King no longer there?” “Oh, why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols and their worthless foreign gods?” says the Lord.

Lamentations 1:16

“For all these things I weep; tears flow down my cheeks. No one is here to comfort me; any who might encourage me are far away. My children have no future, for the enemy has conquered us.”

Lamentations 2:18

Cry aloud before the Lord, O walls of beautiful Jerusalem! Let your tears flow like a river day and night. Give yourselves no rest; give your eyes no relief.

Lamentations 3:48

Tears stream from my eyes because of the destruction of my people!

Lamentations 3:51

My heart is breaking over the fate of all the women of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 1:1

On July 31 of my thirtieth year, while I was with the Judean exiles beside the Kebar River in Babylon, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

Ezekiel 1:3

(The Lord gave this message to Ezekiel son of Buzi, a priest, beside the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians, and he felt the hand of the Lord take hold of him.)

Ezekiel 3:15

Then I came to the colony of Judean exiles in Tel-abib, beside the Kebar River. I was overwhelmed and sat among them for seven days.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes.

Luke 19:41

But as he came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, he began to weep.

Revelation 11:3

And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will be clothed in burlap and will prophesy during those 1,260 days.”