Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Strange land
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Bible References
How shall
Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
Isaiah 22:12
And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:
Lamentations 5:14
The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.
Hosea 9:4
They will give no wine offering to the Lord, they will not make offerings ready for him; their bread will be like the bread of those in sorrow; all who take it will be unclean, because their bread will be only for their desire, it will not come into the house of the Lord.
Amos 8:3
And the songs of the king's house will be cries of pain in that day, says the Lord God: great will be the number of the dead bodies, and everywhere they will put them out without a word.
Strange land
Isaiah 49:21
Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?
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Job 30:31
And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.