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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Psalms 137:2

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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we hanged: Willows were so plentiful at Babylon, on the banks of the Euphrates, that Isaiah calls it "the brook or river of willows." Psa 33:2, Psa 81:2; Isa 24:8; Eze 26:13; Amo 8:10; Rev 18:22 Psalms 137:3
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