Psalms 137:1
RIVERS OF BABYLON] _The_ river was the Euphrates, from which branched off a network of canals, on whose banks grew the willows here referred to. These were a species of poplar.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIVERS OF BABYLON] _The_ river was the Euphrates, from which branched off a network of canals, on whose banks grew the willows here referred to. These were a species of poplar.... [ Continue Reading ]
A lifelike memorial of the bitter experiences of exile concluding with (_a_) a strong expression of patriotism, and (_b_) an outburst of hatred against the enemies of Jerusalem. Probably written soon after the exile.... [ Continue Reading ]
HARPS] the _Kinnor_ was the most ancient kind of harp, properly a lyre.... [ Continue Reading ]
A SONG] lit. 'the words of a song.' SING US, etc.] probably in mockery. Hebrew music would not be so good as Babylonian.... [ Continue Reading ]
Forget _her cunning_] i.e. her skill in playing on the harp.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHILDREN OF EDOM IN THE DAY] RV 'against the children of Edom the day,' i.e. the day of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans (2 Kings 25:8), when Edom rejoiced at its fall: see Obadiah 1:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO ART TO BE DESTROYED] i.e. doomed to destruction.... [ Continue Reading ]
STONES] RV 'rocks.' We cannot defend this terrible curse, but the cruelties of these Eastern oppressors were a provocation which fortunately we cannot now realise.... [ Continue Reading ]