Psa 137:1, BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON, THERE WE SAT DOWN, yea, WE WEPT When we remembered Zion.
The Psalmist finds himself weeping, writing this psalm far away from home! BECAUSE OF SIN, the LORD brought Babylon against them! IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO YOU ARE SIN LIES AT THE DOOR WAITING ON YOU!
The quote below is from Ravi Zacharias
Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.
2Ki 24:3-4, SURELY AT THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD THIS CAME UPON JUDAH, TO REMOVE THEM FROM HIS SIGHT BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF MANASSEH, according to all that he had done, and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.
Psa 137:2-4, We hung our harps Upon the willows in the midst of it. FOR THERE THOSE WHO CARRIED US AWAY CAPTIVE ASKED OF US A SONG, And those who plundered us requested mirth, Saying, “SING US ONE OF THE SONGS OF ZION!” HOW SHALL WE SING THE LORD’S SONG IN A FOREIGN LAND?
They ravished their women in Zion, and killed their children, Yet they wanted them to sing?
SIN BRINGS MUCH MORE THAN YOU BARGAIN FOR! IT CAN DESTROY THE ONES YOU LOVE THE MOST!
Isa 13:16, Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished.
Amo 8:3, And THE SONGS OF THE TEMPLE SHALL BE WAILING IN THAT DAY,” SAYS THE LORD GOD…
Psa 137:8-9, O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who repays you as you have served us! HAPPY THE ONE WHO TAKES AND DASHES YOUR LITTLE ONES AGAINST THE ROCK!
As they saw them kill their own children, they want it done to them as well!
Rom 12:19, Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY,” says the Lord.
Beware Christian sin is so costly it took the life of our LORD to pay for it!
Gen 4:7, If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, SIN LIES AT THE DOOR. AND ITS DESIRE IS FOR YOU, BUT YOU SHOULD RULE OVER IT.”