Psalm 137:1 (WEB)
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Damascene
“And here again: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea wept.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxvii. 1.
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Ambrose of Milan
“But of those who as exiles and banished from their ancestral homes, which the holy law of Moses had assigned them, will be entangled in the errors of the world, you hear him saying: “By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxvii. [cxxxvi.] 1.
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Augustine of Hippo
“1. …But to-day we have sung, “By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Sion” (ver. 1).…” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“He has to pass through the waves of this world, and to ford its rivers; those by which the saints sat down and wept when they remembered Zion, and Chebar’s flood, whence Ezekiel was carried to Jerusalem by the hair of his head.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxvii. 1.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.6.
Cited together in Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 137.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance II.11.