Hungary has Fallen - By the Rivers of Babylon
As soon as I heard about the overturning of Viktor Orban's party in the Hungarian election today, 12 April, the By The Rivers of Babylon song came back to me and I remember an earlier blog I posted on 25 October 2025. A few days ago I heard the phrase of a song I heard years ago as I was journaling and quickly looked it up to see what the rest of the lyrics were…. By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down Yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion By the rivers of Babylon There we sat down Yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion On the rivers of Babylon To my surprise it was a mournful lament of a lost idyllic life. The Lord then started speaking to me about the parallels of this song and the political turmoil we are living in. "By the Rivers of Babylon" primarily refers to the famous 1978 Boney M. song and the parallel of Psalm 137, which describes Jewish captives in Babylon mourning while longing for their home, Zion. "Babylon" represents an oppressiv...