Psa 137:1, Eze 1:1, 3:15, Act 16:13 | TSK | STEP | The constancy of the Jews in captivity. The prophet curses Edom and Babel. A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.)The author of this beautiful and affecting elegy is unknown, but the occasion is evident; and it was most probably composed during, or near the close of, the captivity. the rivers. there sat. we wept.

Psalms 137:1

1 The constancy of the Jews in captivity.

7 The prophet curses Edom and Babel.

A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.)The author of this beautiful and affecting elegy is unknown, but the occasion is evident; and it was most probably composed during, or near the close of, the captivity.

the rivers.

Ge 2:10-14; Ezr 8:21,31; Eze 1:1

there sat.

Ne 1:3,4; 2:3; Job 2:12,13; Jer 13:17,18; 15:17; La 2:10; Eze 3:15

we wept.

42:4; 102:9-14; Isa 66:10; Jer 51:50,51; La 1:16; 2:11,18; 3:48,51

Da 9:3; 10:2,3; Lu 19:41; Re 11:3

Ezekiel 1:1

1 The time of Ezekiel's prophecy at Chebar.

4 His vision of four cherubims;

15 of the four wheels;

26 and of the glory of God.

in the thirtieth.

Nu 4:3; Lu 3:23

as I.

Ec 9:1,2; Jer 24:5-7

captives. Heb. captivity. by the river.

3; 3:15,23; 10:15,20,22; 43:3

Chebar.Chebar, called now Khabour, is a river of Mesopotamia, which taking its rise in the Mysian mountains, falls into the Euphrates near Carchemish, or Circesioum, now Karkisia, about 35 degrees 20' N. lat. and 40 degrees 25' E. long.

the heavens.

Mt 3:16; Lu 3:21; Joh 1:51; Ac 7:56; 10:11; Re 4:1; 19:11

I saw.

8:3; 11:24; Ge 15:1; 46:2; Nu 12:6; Isa 1:1; Da 8:1,2; Ho 12:10

Joe 2:28; Mt 17:9; Ac 9:10-12; 10:3; 2Co 12:1