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Psa 137:2 — We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

We hanged		"Willows were so plentiful at Babylon, on the banks of the Euphrates, that Isaiah calls it ""the brook or river of willows."" Psa 33:2; Psa 81:2; Isa 24:8; Eze 26:13; Amo 8:10; Rev 18:22"

Correlating Passages

We hanged

	Psa 33:2	Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.
	Psa 81:2	Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
	Isa 24:8	The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
	Eze 26:13	And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
	Amo 8:10	And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.
	Rev 18:22	And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft [he be], shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 137:2," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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