# our captors required songs from us

"our captors required us to sing"

# required us to be happy

"made us pretend to be happy"

# one of the songs of Zion

This probably refers to songs that the Israelites had used in worship at the temple in Jerusalem.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/captive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mock]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/zion]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foreigner]]