In Ecclesiastes 3:4, there is a time to mourn and a time to dance — highlighting that singing the Lord's song in a foreign land is out of season.

Lamentations 5:14 depicts the silencing of music in the destroyed city, directly paralleling the exiles' inability to sing God's songs in Babylon.

Lamentations 5:15 declares joy ceased and dancing turned to mourning, explaining why the exiles cannot sing—their hearts are not joyful.

2 Chronicles 29:27 shows the song of the LORD sung joyfully in temple restoration, contrasting with its absence in exile.

Proverbs 25:20 warns against singing to a heavy heart, explaining why the exiles cannot sing—their hearts are sorrowful in a foreign land.