Show Don't Tell: Psalm 137
Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 137
This is a show dont tell prompt.
Instead of saying "The exiles mourned and longed for Jerusalem," hang the harps. "By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps." Rivers of Babylon—Tigris and Euphrates canals. Harps hanging silent on trees. "for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion!'"…
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