| Thomas Harmer - 1787 - 542 Seiten
...when he fays, " By the rivers of * J«- 5*- 3 X > 3*- * Pf - T 37- i-3"Babylon, there we fat down, yea, we " wept when we remembered Zion. We •" hanged our harps upon the willows in the *' midft thereof." The jitting by the -waters, and ftill more the mention of their havgs, ftrongly... | |
| Charles Wilkinson - 1806 - 484 Seiten
...cannot forget the pathetic words of the captive Jews. " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. " We hanged our harps upon the willows ia the midst thereof." The predictions of the prophets against Babylon have long since received their... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 Seiten
...supplications. The Royal psalmist predicts this .long captivity: "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required... | |
| Richard Carlile - 1822 - 242 Seiten
...happen till that distance of time. ' By the rivers of Babylon we sat down ; yea, tve weptichen vie remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows, in the midst thereqf; for there they that carried us away captive, required of us a song, saying, sing tts one of... | |
| Henry Phillips - 1823 - 354 Seiten
...pathetically expressed in the following beautiful lines: " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." Psalm cxxxvii. The Jews were commanded by the Levitical laws, to keep the festival of the new moon... | |
| 1822 - 500 Seiten
...had we been children of Jerusalem and of the captivity. " By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down, yea we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." Far from their beloved Jerusalem, in a strange land, they sat down. They remembered former days. They... | |
| Henry Phillips - 1823 - 352 Seiten
...pathetically expressed in the following beautiful lines: " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." Psalm cxxxviL The Jews were commanded by the Levitical laws, to keep the festival of the new moon after... | |
| Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 Seiten
...children of Israel seem to have lamented their captivity : " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea we wept when we remembered Zion : we hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." Psalms. The ancient Britons used boats made of wicker covered with skins, for passing rivers and arms... | |
| William Hone - 1825 - 842 Seiten
...the children of Israel lamented their captivity :—" By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept .when we remembered Zion : we hanged...our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.''» The wicker-baskets made by our forefathers are the subject of an epigram by Martial :-». " From Britain's... | |
| Thomas Wetherald - 1826 - 360 Seiten
...a strange land, as said one of the inspired penmen—" By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For they that carried us away captive, required of us a song; and they 1'iat wasted us required of... | |
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