Bible Verses About Church (2): Love for

May ADONAI bless you from Tziyon! May you see Yerushalayim prosper all the days of your life,

and may you live to see your children's children! Shalom on Isra'el.

By the rivers of Bavel we sat down and wept as we remembered Tziyon.

We had hung up our lyres on the willows that were there,

when those who had taken us captive asked us to sing them a song; our tormentors demanded joy from us -"Sing us one of the songs from Tziyon!"

How can we sing a song about ADONAI here on foreign soil?

If I forget you, Yerushalayim, may my right hand wither away!

May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I fail to remember you, if I fail to count Yerushalayim the greatest of all my joys.

I have posted watchmen on your walls, Yerushalayim; they will never fall silent, neither by day nor by night. You who call on ADONAI, give yourselves no rest;

and give him no rest till he restores Yerushalayim and makes it a praise on earth.

Like someone comforted by his mother, I will comfort you; in Yerushalayim you will be comforted."

Your heart will rejoice at the sight, your bodies will flourish like newly sprouted grass. It will be known that the hand of ADONAI is with his servants; but with his enemies, his fury.

You who escaped the sword, go! Don't stand still! Remember ADONAI from afar, let Yerushalayim come into your minds.

"The reproaches we have heard have put us to shame, disgrace covers our faces; because foreigners have entered the sanctuaries of ADONAI's house."

My eyes stream with rivers of water over the destruction of the daughter of my people."

My eyes weep ceaselessly; there is no respite,

until ADONAI looks down and sees from heaven.

My eyes make me so upset at the fate of the women in my city.