By the rivers of Babylon
(Ezekiel 1:1-3)
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By the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept when we thought about Zion.
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On the poplars there we hung our harps.
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There our captors required songs from us, and those who mocked us required us to be happy, saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
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How could we sing a song about Yahweh in a foreign land?
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If I ignore the memory of you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill.
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Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I think about you no more, if I do not prefer Jerusalem more than my greatest delights.
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Call to mind, Yahweh, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, tear it down to its foundations.”
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Daughter of Babylon, soon to be destroyed-may the person be blessed, whoever pays you back for what you have done to us.
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May the person be blessed, whoever takes and dashes your little ones against a rock.
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