A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible
- Naaman's song
- Name us a King
- Naming the animals
- Nativity, The
- Near Damascus
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Nebuchadnezzar's dream
- Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom-come
- Needle's Eye, The
- New heaven and earth
- New Magdalene, The
- New Sinai, The
- Night, The
- Noah and the waters
- Noah's raven
- O taste and see
- O thou of little faith
- Oh! weep for these
- On a feast
- On another's sorrow
- On Jordan's banks
- On Lazarus raised from death
- On St. John the Baptist
- On the morning of Christ's nativity
- On the two great floods
- On Zacchaeus
- One crucixion is recorded-only
- One flesh
- One Foot in Eden
- Outside Eden
- Oxen, The
- Paradise Lost
- Paradise Regained
- Patience, hard thing
- Patriarch, The
- Pearl, The
- Pearl, The
- Pearl, The
- Pentecost
- Pharaoh's daughter
- Pilate remembers
- Pilate's wife's dream
- Pilgrim's Progress
- Pillar of the cloud, The
- Power and the Glory, The
- Praise for the fountain opened
- Prisoner of grace
- Prodigal Son, The
- Prodigal, The
- Psalm 23
A-Z: Literary titles from the Bible: Oh! weep for these
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see 'By the waters of Babylon' After Jerusalem was taken by the Babylonians, the Israelites went into exile for 70 years in BabylonAn essential ingredient for life, water has many meanings in the Bible:
1. God has mastery over the seas.
2. Water is seen as a force of judgement.
3. Ceremonial cleansing.
4. An image of the Holy Spirit.
5. An image of eternal life.
Babylon, the capital city of Babylonia in ancient Mesopotamia (mostly modern Iraq), mentioned some 200 times in the Bible.
The city on a hill (Mt. Zion) which King David captured and made the capital of Israel. It was the site of the Temple built by Solomon and of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Today it is still a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Descendants of Israel (Jacob) and occupants of Israel.
In the Old Testament refers to periods when the Jews were compelled to leave their land.
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