What the Bible says about By the Waters of Babylon
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Psalm 137:1 The Jews just bawled their eyes out. Their cherished city was gone. There was not even a hope of going back to what they remembered. The buildings were gone. The land was desolate. Who knows what kind of scorched earth policy Nebuchadnezzar used? The beauty of the land had been raped, and when they thought about Zion, the Temple, that beautiful city on a hill, they just sat down and sobbed. Richard T. Ritenbaugh How to Survive Exile Related Topics: Babylonian Captivity | Bitterness of Exile | Destruction of Israel | Destruction of Jerusalem | Destruction of the Temple | Exile | Exile, Surviving | Jerusalem, Destruction of

 

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