 | Thomas Harmer - 1787 - 542 pages
...fays, " By the rivers of * J«- 5*- 3X> 3*- * Pf- T37- i-3" Babylon, " Babylon, there we fat down, yea, we " wept when we remembered Zion. We •" hanged our harps upon the willows in the *' midft thereof." The jitting by the -waters, and ftill more the mention of their havgs, ftrongly... | |
 | 1848 - 726 pages
...reminded us of the language of the captive Israelites. " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." We, however, were not disposed to yield to sadness, but rather to give thanks and to rejoice. The remains... | |
 | Alexander Hunter - 1804 - 606 pages
...forsaken." — SHAKSPEARE. It is probable that under those trees the children of Israel mourned their captivity. " By the rivers of " Babylon, there we...sat down, yea we wept when we " remembered Zion : We handed our harps upon the "Willows in the midst thereof." — PSALMS. In the tragedy of Macbeth, Malcolm,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 pages
...; and three times a year before 1 T) Y the river*, of Babylon, there we &at down, yea, we wept 2 Jj when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof ; we tyent out to the river side to soothe our distress, hoping to divert our grief by our music ;... | |
 | Charles Wilkinson - 1806 - 484 pages
...cannot forget the pathetic words of the captive Jews. " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. " We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." The predictions of the prophets against Babylon have long since received their accomplishment. " Sit... | |
 | 1808 - 874 pages
...and leave it to the reader himself to make the application. " By theriversofBabylon,therewe sat down, yea, we wept when, we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. Forthere they that carried us away captive, required of us a song ; and they that wasted us, required... | |
 | William Huntington - 1809 - 568 pages
...xxviii. 64, 6$. To this Daniel alludes in his fupplications. The royal pfalmift predicts this long captivity : By the rivers of Babylon, there we fat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We banged our harps upon the willows in. the midft thereof. For there they that carried us away captive... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 pages
...xxviii. 64, 65. To this Daniel alludes in his supplications. The Royal psalmist predicts this .long captivity : " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat...hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required... | |
 | 1832 - 644 pages
...WILLOW INTO ENGLAND. " By the rivers of Babylon [the streams of the river Euphrates] there wt sat down, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." — Ps. cxxxvii. 1, 2. Mr. Vernon, Turkey merchant at Aleppo, transplanted the weeping willow from... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1874 - 608 pages
...represented as hanging their harps upon the willows. " By the waters of Babylon there we sat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion : we hanged our harps upon the orebim in the midst thereof." Whatever special application this word may have had with the Hebrews,... | |
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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song ; and they that wasted us required of us mirth,... 
