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Psalms 137:3

for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

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ASV

For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

KJV

For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
שָׁ֨םshamthereH8033 →
שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּshe.'e.Lu.nuthey asked usH7592 →
שׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּsho.Vei.nucaptors ourH7617 →
דִּבְרֵי־div.rei.Shi-words ofH1697 →
שִׁ֭ירShira songH7892 →
וְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּve.to.la.Lei.nuand mockers ourH8437 →
שִׂמְחָ֑הsim.ChahgladnessH8057 →
שִׁ֥ירוּShi.rusingH7891 →
לָ֝֗נוּLa.nufor us
מִשִּׁ֥ירmi.Shirone of [the] song[s] ofH7892 →
צִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonZionH6726 →

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Luke 21:6“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”Lamentations 2:15–16All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.Psalms 9:14that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.Psalms 80:6You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.Revelation 14:1–3Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.Isaiah 35:10So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.Jeremiah 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’Jeremiah 9:11“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”Psalms 123:3–4Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.Nehemiah 4:2before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”1 Chronicles 16:7On that day David first committed to Asaph and his brothers this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:Psalms 79:1The nations, O God, have invaded Your inheritance; they have defiled Your holy temple and reduced Jerusalem to rubble.Psalms 65:1Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; to You our vows will be fulfilled.Jeremiah 31:12–13They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.1 Chronicles 15:27Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.Isaiah 51:11So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.Lamentations 3:14I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.

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