Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Strange land
General references
Bible References
How shall
Ecclesiastes 3:4 a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance;
a time to mourn and a time to dance;
Isaiah 22:12 On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
called for weeping,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
Lamentations 5:14 The elders have left the city gate,
the young men, their music.
the young men, their music.
Hosea 9:4 They will not pour out
their wine offerings to the Lord,
and their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their food will be like the bread of mourners;
all who eat it become defiled.
For their bread will be for their appetites alone;
it will not enter the house of the Lord.
their wine offerings to the Lord,
and their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their food will be like the bread of mourners;
all who eat it become defiled.
For their bread will be for their appetites alone;
it will not enter the house of the Lord.
Amos 8:3
In that day the temple songs will become wailing”—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence!”
Strange land
Isaiah 49:21 Then you will say within yourself,
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”
General references
Job 30:31 My lyre is used for mourning
and my flute for the sound of weeping.
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and my flute for the sound of weeping.
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