Saturday, August 18, 2012

JOY Psalm 137:2-3 Part 2 of 2

There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"  

our tormentors demanded songs of joy 
Job 30:9  "And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them."
Psalm 80:6  You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.

they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!" 
Ezekiel 16:57b  " 'Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all her neighbors and the daughters of the Philistines--all those around you who despise you.' "
Ezekiel 22:4  " '... you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries.' "
Ezekiel 34:29  " 'I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.' "

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