Psalms 137:2

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

We hanged {H8518} our harps {H3658} upon the willows {H6155} in the midst {H8432} thereof.

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

There on the willows we hung our harps,

Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 24:8 (3 votes)

    The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

  • Ezekiel 26:13 (3 votes)

    And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

  • Psalms 81:2 (2 votes)

    Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

  • Amos 8:10 (2 votes)

    And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.

  • Psalms 33:2 (2 votes)

    Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.

  • Revelation 18:22 (2 votes)

    And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft [he be], shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;