Psalm 137:3

Lament During The Babylonian Exile

² In the midst of it we hung our harps on poplar trees. ³ For there our captors demanded of us songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
⁴ How could we sing Jehovah's song in a foreign land?

For Us

Songs of Zion

Zion

1 Chronicles 15:27

David was dressed in a fine linen robe, as were all the Levites who carried the Ark, the Levites who were singers, and Chenaniah, the leader of the musicians' prophetic songs. David also wore a linen ephod.

1 Chronicles 16:7

For the first time David entrusted Asaph and his relatives with the task of singing songs of thanks to Jehovah:

Nehemiah 4:2

And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said: What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they make themselves strong? Will they make offerings? Will they get the work done in a day? Will they make the stones that have been burned come again out of the dust?

Psalm 9:14

Let me stand before the people of Jerusalem and tell them all the things for which I praise you. I will rejoice because you saved me.

Psalm 65:1

([Psalm of David]) Let silence and praise come before you in Zion, O God. To you the vow will be performed.

Psalm 79:1

([Psalm of Asaph]) O God, the nations have invaded the land that belongs to you. They have dishonored (defiled) your holy temple. They have left Jerusalem in ruins.

Psalm 80:6

You made us a source of conflict to our neighbors. Our enemies make fun of us.

Psalm 123:3-4

Have mercy on us, O Jehovah, be gracious to us, for we are greatly filled with contempt.

Isaiah 35:10

They will reach Jerusalem with gladness, singing and shouting for joy. They will be happy forever. They will be forever free from sorrow and grief.

Isaiah 51:11

Jehovah's ransomed will return. They will enter Zion with singing! Everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Jeremiah 9:11

I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. It will be a gathering place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah desolation, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 26:18

Years ago when Hezekiah was king of Judah, a prophet named Micah from the town of Moresheth said: 'Jehovah of Hosts says, Jerusalem will be plowed under and left in ruins. Thorns will cover the mountain where the Temple now stands.'

Jeremiah 31:12-13

They will come and shout for joy on top of Mount Zion. They will stream to it to enjoy Jehovah's blessings: fresh grain, new wine, olive oil, lambs and calves. Their lives will be like well-watered gardens, and they will never suffer again.

Lamentations 2:15-16

All who go by make a noise with their hands at you. They make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem. They say: Is this the town that was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?

Micah 3:12

It is your fault that Zion will be plowed like a field. Jerusalem will become heaps of ruin, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

Luke 21:6

Concerning these things you see, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Revelation 14:1-3

A Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with him one hundred forty-four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.