"Babylon" appears in 14 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
Babylon
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Proud Babylon yet waits her doom;
Nor can her tottering palace fall,...
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Proud Babylon yet waits her doom;
Nor can her tottering palace fall,
...The minstrel that guarded her throne?
His harp has no music for Babylon’s ear,
It sighs on her willows alone....
The minstrel that guarded her throne?
His harp has no music for Babylon’s ear,
It sighs on her willows alone.
...But I will speak of Bethlehem.
They speak of Rome and Babylon―
What can compare with them?...
But I will speak of Bethlehem.
They speak of Rome and Babylon―
What can compare with them?
...Thro’ all the nations known.
Great Babylon, that rules the earth,
Drunk with the martyrs’ blood,...
Thro’ all the nations known.
Great Babylon, that rules the earth,
Drunk with the martyrs’ blood,
...All thy children sing with thee;
But by Babylon’s sad waters
Mourning exiles now are we....
All thy children sing with thee;
But by Babylon’s sad waters
Mourning exiles now are we.
...Round the sacred city gather
Egypt, Edom, Babylon;
All the warring hosts of error,...
Round the sacred city gather
Egypt, Edom, Babylon;
All the warring hosts of error,
...Their lofty heads shall bow.
On Babylon our feet shall tread
In that rejoicing hour;...
Their lofty heads shall bow.
On Babylon our feet shall tread
In that rejoicing hour;
...Seeking Jerusalem, dear native land,
Through our long exile on Babylon’s strand.
Low before Him with our praises we fall,...
Seeking Jerusalem, dear native land,
Through our long exile on Babylon’s strand.
Low before Him with our praises we fall,
...To rescue the dead and the dying,
In Babylon cages enthralled.
The ransomed are homeward returning,...
To rescue the dead and the dying,
In Babylon cages enthralled.
The ransomed are homeward returning,
...And Zion in her anguish
With Babylon must cope.
But there is David’s fountain,...
And Zion in her anguish
With Babylon must cope.
But there is David’s fountain,
...And earth’s remotest ends draw near.
Let Babylon’s proud altars shake,
And light invade her darkest gloom;...
And earth’s remotest ends draw near.
Let Babylon’s proud altars shake,
And light invade her darkest gloom;
...And all the strength of sin confound.
That haughty Babylon within
Shall to believing souls submit;...
And all the strength of sin confound.
That haughty Babylon within
Shall to believing souls submit;
...And Zion in her anguish
With Babylon must cope;
But He whom now we trust in...
And Zion in her anguish
With Babylon must cope;
But He whom now we trust in
...The strength of sin is lost,
And Babylon the great
Is fallen, fallen to the dust,...
The strength of sin is lost,
And Babylon the great
Is fallen, fallen to the dust,
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