ACT I.
Israelites sitting on the banks of the Euphrates.
FIRST PROPHET.
Recitative.
Ye captive tribes, that hourly work and weep
Where flows Euphrates murmuring to the deep,
Suspend your woes awhile, the task suspend,
And turn to God, your father and your friend:
Insulted, chained, and all the world our foe,
Our God alone is all we boast below.