...expressions of patriotism and piety from 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, in the midst thereof; for there they that carried us away captive required of us a song, and...

...daughters of Israel, during the Babylonian 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 of them." This passage has been elegantly THE WILLOW. paraphrased in the following...

...Jews in captivity. The prophet cuneth Edam and Babel. 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...

...the children of Israel lamented their captivity : — " By the rivers of Babylor, 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...

...gratification, was in all probability entirely neglected. " 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...

...captivity the Church had ever suffered (Ps. cxxxvii.) " 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." But then " the harp of prophecy was most inspired with hope, then the...

...daughters of Israel under the Babylonish 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 of them." How truly beautiful and pathetic is this and the rest of the lamentation...

...daughters of Israel under the Babylonish 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 of them." How truly beautiful and pathetic is this and the rest of the lamentation...

...reminded us of the pathetic lament of the Hebrew exiles : — " By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof." It was, indeed, an affecting sight to look round on our little band...

...WEEPING WILLOW. (Salix Babylonia). (BIBUE TRANSLATION). By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the Willows that grew in the midst thereof. — Psalm, cxxxvii. 1, 2. The Salix Sabylonica, that is the...