In the Rastafarian faith, the term "Babylon" is used for any governmental system which is either oppressive or unjust. It is one of a few pop songs whose lyrics come directly from the Bible. The melody bears a strong resemblance to " How Dry I Am".
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight. The song also has words from Psalm 19:14: “ The namesake rivers of Babylon are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? They carried us away in captivity requiring of us a song. “īy the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
#RIVERS OF BABYLON SUBLIME FREE#
The southern Kingdom of Judah (hence the name Jews), home of the tribe of Judah and part of the Tribe of Levi, was free from foreign domination until the Babylonian conquest to which Rivers Of Babylon refers. The song is based on the Biblical Psalm 137:1-4, a hymn expressing the yearnings of the Jewish people in exile following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC: Previously the Kingdom of Israel, after being united under Kings David and Solomon, was split in two, with the Kingdom Of Israel in the north, conquered by the Assyrians in 722 BC which caused the dispersion of 11 of the 12 tribes of Israel.
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