مزامير 137:7

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7 ای خداوند، روز اورشلیم را برای بنیادوم به یاد آور، که گفتند، منهدم سازید، تا بنیادش منهدم سازید!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Remember: Psalms 74:18, Psalms 79:8-12, Exodus 17:14, 1 Samuel 15:2, Hosea 7:2

the children: Isaiah 63:1-6, Jeremiah 49:7-22, Lamentations 4:21, Lamentations 4:22, Ezekiel 25:12-14, Obadiah 1:10-14, Obadiah 1:18-21

Raze it: Heb. make bare

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:1 - God remembered Deuteronomy 30:7 - General Job 18:20 - his day Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 74:8 - said Psalms 122:6 - Pray Isaiah 21:11 - me out Isaiah 34:5 - upon Idumea Jeremiah 25:21 - Edom Lamentations 1:21 - they are Lamentations 1:22 - all their Ezekiel 35:5 - thou hast had Ezekiel 35:11 - I will even Ezekiel 35:15 - didst Ezekiel 36:5 - against all Joel 3:19 - for Amos 1:11 - because Obadiah 1:11 - even Zechariah 1:15 - and Malachi 1:4 - The people Matthew 7:2 - General

Gill's Notes on the 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 brethren of the Jews, as well as their neighbours, yet hated them; the old grudge of their father, because of the birthright and blessing, as well as the old enmity of the serpent, continuing in them; and who rejoiced at their ruin, helped forward their affliction, and were assistants to the Babylonians in the plunder and destruction of them, Obadiah 1:11. The Targum is,

"Michael, the prince of Jerusalem, said, remember, O Lord, the people of Edom who destroyed Jerusalem.''

Many Jewish writers, as Aben Ezra observes, interpret this of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans:

who said, rase [it], rase [it even] to the foundation thereof: or "make [it] naked" or "bare i to the foundation"; pull down its walls, lay them level with the ground; root up the very foundation of them, and let nothing be left or seen but the bare naked ground; so spiteful and malicious were they.

i ערו "nudate", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt.

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 34:0.

In the day of Jerusalem - In the day when Jerusalem shall be restored; in the day when punishment shall be inflicted on the nations that destroyed it; then, do not forget the Edomites, who took so large and so active a part in its overthrow. This is to be understood as a continued “remembrance” of Zion; as a purpose not to “forget” Jerusalem. The psalmist, representing the feelings of the captives in Babylon, says, that so far from doing anything which would imply a forgetfulness of their native land - as singing cheerful songs there might be understood to be, they would do everything to call Jerusalem to remembrance. They would remember her former splendor; they would remember her desolations; they would go further - they would not forget those who had brought these calamities upon her; those who had done most for her overthrow. As among the most prominent, they would remember particularly the ancient; enemies of their nation - the Edomites - who had been among the most active in its destruction, and who had united with the Babylonians in the work of ruin. They would remember all this; and they prayed God that he also would remember the desolation itself, and all the actors in that work of desolation.

Who said - Implying that they had been associated with the Babylonians in the destruction of the city. On the hostility of that people to the Hebrews, and the grounds of their hostility - and on their agency as united with the Babylonians in destroying Jerusalem, and the divine vengeance threatened them on that account - see, as above, the introduction to Isaiah 34:0.

Rase it, rase it - Margin, as in Hebrew, make bare. That is, Strip it of everything - temple, houses, ornaments, fountains - and leave it a bare and naked rock. Let nothing remain but the rocks - the foundations - on which it is built. In the history of the Edomites, as stated in the introduction to Isaiah 34:0, there were abundant facts to show that they were particularly zealous and active in seeking the destruction of the hated city. This verse and the one following constitute a portion of the “imprecatory” Psalms; of those which seem to cry for vengeance, and to manifest a revengeful and unforgiving spirit; the portion of the Psalms which has been regarded as so difficult to be reconciled with the forgiving spirit enjoined in the gospel. On this subject, see the General Introduction, Section 6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 137:7. Remember - the children of Edom — It appears from Jeremiah 12:6; Jeremiah 25:14; Lamentations 4:21-22; Ezekiel 25:12; Obadiah 1:11-14; that the Idumeans joined the army of Nebuchadnezzar against their brethren the Jews; and that they were main instruments in rasing the walls of Jerusalem even to the ground.