Note 78 — Introduction. (continued 3)

Of the desolation of Jerusalem, David in his Lamentation sung: “O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple they have defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.” Ps. 79:1.

“By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hung our harps on the willows in the midst thereof.” Ps. 137:1,2.