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1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Psalms 137:1 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-6)We have here the daughter of Zion covered with a cloud, and dwelling with the daughter of Babylon; the people of God in tears, but sowing in tears. Observe, I. The mournful posture they were in as to their affairs and as to their spirits. 1. They were posted by the rivers of Babylon , in a strange land, a great way from their own country, whence they were brought as prisoners of war. The land of B...
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