Category Archives: Baruch

1 And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Neraiah, the son of Mahseiah, the son of Zedekiah, the son of Hasadiah, the son Hilkiah, wrote in Babylon, 2 in the fifth year, on the seventh day of the month, since the time when the Chaldeans captured Jerusalem and set […]

1 ” ‘For this reason, the Lord our God has fulfilled his word, which he has spoken to us, and to our judges, who have judged Israel, and to our kings, and to our leaders, and to all Israel and Judah. 2 And so the Lord has brought upon us great evils, such as never […]

1 ” ‘And now, O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, the soul in anguish and the troubled spirit cry out to you. 2 Listen, O Lord, and be merciful, for you are a merciful God, and so be merciful to us, for we have sinned before you. 3 For you are enthroned in eternity, […]

1 ” ‘This is the book of the commandments of God and of the law, which exists in eternity. All those who keep it will attain to life, but those who have forsaken it, to death. 2 Convert, O Jacob, and embrace it, walk in the way of its splendor, facing its light. 3 Do […]

1 ” ‘Take off, O Jerusalem, the garment of your sorrow and troubles, and put on your beauty and the honor of that eternal glory, which you have from God. 2 God will surround you with a double garment of justice, and he will set a crown on your head of everlasting honor. 3 For […]

1 This is a copy of the letter that Jeremiah sent to those who would be taken captive into Babylon by the king of Babylon, so as to prophesy to them according to the warning he had received about them from God. “Because of the sins which you have sinned before God, you will be […]