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but it explains that The Bible is not condoning hitting children with rocks
but explaining that those who take revenge will be happy about it
even if they are wrong to be happy about it.
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AnswerPsalm 137 records the part of the 70 years of Judah's Babylonian captivity where the Babylonians killed the Jewish babies, infants, and toddlers, both to keep them in control and to deliberately limit their numbers so that, unlike in Egypt, they would not become too numerous and thus a problem to their captors.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 7y agoPsalm 137 is a lament for Jerusalem after the Babylonians have invaded and destroyed it and a prophecy that Babylon will suffer the same fate. There is no suggestion that the Babylonians ever killed Jewish children, who were a potential economic asset in the Babylonian Empire, but verse 9 reflects a sadistic hope for Babylon to suffer the most feared outcome, so that the Babylonians would rather kill their own children rather than have them fall into the hands of their conquerors. This may have been written shortly before the Persian army entered Babylon.
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∙ 12y agoIt is seen as prophetically referring to the Second Destruction, perpetrated by the Romans, though it also alludes to the First Destruction.
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∙ 7y agoThis Psalm is a song about God's people in captivity in Babylon, they remember Jerusalem and Mt Zion.
The last two verses are prophecy concerning Babylon
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Who is the speaker of Psalm 137?
Jewish tradition states that King David wrote Psalm 137 prophetically, foreseeing the exile in Babylon.
What songs are based on Psalms 137?
Boney M's song "Rivers of Babylon" is based on Psalm 137.
How do you stump the priest?
== == == == Ask him to interpret Psalm 137:9
On what occasion might Psalm 137 be sung?
Psalm 137 is traditionally sung during the period of mourning and exile, such as Tisha B'Av, a Jewish day of fasting that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. It is a reflection on the experience of exile and the longing for return to the ancestral homeland.
Psalm 137-9 in the talmud?
The Psalms are in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), not in the Talmud.
What is the interpretation of Psalm 137 of the Old Testament of the Bible?
It mourns the destruction of the Holy Temple.
Indentify the various psalms types and describe there general characteristics?
Speaking of God's greatness (such as Psalm 8) Thanking God (Psalm 107) Beseeching God Telling of future events (Psalm 137) Telling of past events (Psalm 78) General principles (Psalm 1)
Which clues in psalm 137 suggest that the author is living in exile?
I don’t know I don’t know
What does Psalm dla Ciebie mean?
a psalm for you
Numerology What does 137 mean?
137 is a number.
Why did Boney M write by the rivers of Babylon?
Boney M did not actually write the lyrics which were written in that form by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of The Melodians. They in turn extracted the words primarily from Psalm 137 and also Psalm 19 in the Bible. This account captures the homesickness of the Israelites who were in captivity in Egypt.
What Psalm in the Bible is one Psalm represent two Psalms what are the two Psalms it represents?
If you mean the 'twin' Psalms, then they are Psalm 111 and 112, which many believe were written by the same author and should be one.
