Psalms 137:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. ”

Psalms 137:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom - The Edomites; the people of Idumea. On the situation of Edom or Idumea, see introductory notes to Isaiah 34 . In the day of Jerusalem - In the day wh...
Psalms 137:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Remember, O LORD, the children of (f) Edom in the (g) day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof. (f) As was prophesied in ( Ezekiel 25:13 ; Jeremiah 49:7 ; O...
Psalms 137:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXXXVII. The Bitter Memory of Babylon. The vivid picture of the exiles in their home-sickness, the mockery of their foreign masters, their love for Zion, the mention of Edom, and the savage thirst...
Psalms 137:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons. Edom. Genesis 27:39 ; Genesis 27:40 was not fulfilled until the reign of Joram ( 2 Kings 8:20-23 ; 2 Chronicles 21:8-10 (compare 1 Kings 22:47 ). From that time they were i...
Psalms 137:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Remember, O Jehovah! the children of Edom Vengeance was to be executed upon the other neighboring nations which had conspired to destroy Jerusalem, so that they are all doubtless included...
Psalms 137:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it , rase it, even to the foundation thereof. Remember - the children of Edom - It appears from Jeremiah 12:6 ; Jer...
Psalms 137:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom— "Who instead of pitying Jerusalem, as became neighbours and relations, were glad to see the day of its desolations." The time when God's judgments are exec...
Psalms 137:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem....
Psalms 137:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A lifelike memorial of the bitter experiences of exile concluding with ( a ) a strong expression of patriotism, and ( b ) an outburst of hatred against the enemies of Jerusalem. Probably written soon...
Psalms 137:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Remember ... — Remember, Jehovah, for the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem. The prophecy of Obadiah gives the best comment on this verse: “For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame sha...
Psalms 137:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 137:1-9 THE captivity is past, as the tenses in Psalms 137:1-3 show, and as is manifest from the very fact that its miseries have become themes for a psalm. Grief must be somewhat removed...
Psalms 137:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Loyalty in Adversity Psalms 137:1-9 It seems as if the exiles had withdrawn from the city, with its distractions, to some natural retreat beside the Euphrates. They had brought their harps with...
Psalms 137:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a song of memory. From the midst of the circumstances of restoration the singer looks back to days of captivity and sorrow. The picture is graphic. Babylon was far from their own land, and fa...
Psalms 137:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These words are both a prayer and a prophecy. Edom is the seed of Esau, and as such there was, and is, and ever will be, the same hatred subsisting. But the Church looketh forward to the hour, when E...
Psalms 137:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem ,.... Of her visitation, calamity, and destruction, how they behaved then, and them for it; who, though the children of Esau and brethr...
Psalms 137:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof. Ver. 7. Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom ] Those unbrotherly b...
Psalms 137:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom Their constant and inveterate enemies, who had no regard either to consanguinity or humanity, but, instead of pitying Jerusalem, as became kind neighbours and...
Psalms 137:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sorrows of Captivity. 7 Remember, O L ORD , the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase...
Psalms 137:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Remember, O Lord, so as to punish them, the children of Edom, our constant and inveterate enemies, who had no regard either to consanguinity or humanity. In the day; in the time of its calamity...
Psalms 137:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “There can be no doubt whatever,” says Perowne, “as to the time when this Psalm was written. It expresses the feeling of an exile who has but just returned from the land of his captivit...
Psalms 137:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

Edom See ( Jeremiah 49:7 ); ( Lamentations 4:22 ); ( Ezekiel 25:12 ); ( Obadiah 1:1 ); ( Genesis 36:1 ). ( See Scofield) - ( Genesis 36:1 ).
Psalms 137:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 137:1-19 . 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. Babylon was full of canals and riv...
Psalms 137:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm has no title, but it was evidently composed in Babylon; and it would seem from the latter part, only a little while before Cyrus took the city. It was probably composed by the prophet Hagg...
Psalms 137:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept. The tears of memory and the cry for vengeance I. The tears of memory ( Psalms 137:1-6 ). 1. Their sorrow had reference to the loss...
Psalms 137:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION " THE most direct and striking reminiscence of the Babylonish exile in the whole Psalter" (Professor Alexander). The psalm divides into two parts. First, we are given a picture of th...
Psalms 137:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Song of Grief of the Captive Jews. The unknown poet here records the deep grief and mourning of the Jews during the Babylonian captivity and includes a prayer for the destruction of their enemies,...
Psalms 137:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:2 ; Exodus 17:14 ; Ezekiel 25:12-14 ; Hosea 7:2 ; Isaiah 63:1-6 ; Jeremiah 49:7-22 ; Lamentations 4:21 ; Lamentations 4:22 ; Obadiah 1:10-14 ; Obadiah 1:18-21 ; Psalms 74:18 ;...
Psalms 137:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The day — In the time of its destruction.

Psalms 137:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 137:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 137:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 137:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 137:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 137:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 137:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 137:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 137:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 137:7 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 137:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 137:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 137:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 137:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 137:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 137:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 137:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes