09/30/14 (1033) BARUCH 4:5-20 (NAB) Fear not, my people! Remember, Israel, You were sold to the nations not for your destruction; It was because you angered God that you were handed over to your foes. For you provoked your Maker with sacrifices to demons, to no-gods; You forsook the Eternal God who nourished you, and you grieved Jerusalem who fostered you. She indeed saw coming upon you the anger of God; and she said: Hear, you neighbors of Zion! God has brought great mourning upon me, For I have seen the captivity that the Eternal God has brought upon my sons and daughters. With joy I fostered them; but with mourning and lament I let them go. Let no one gloat over me, a widow, bereft of many: For the sins of my children I am left desolate, because they turned from the law of God, and did not acknowledge his statutes; In the ways of Gods commandments they did not walk, nor did they tread the disciplined paths of his justice. Let Zions neighbors come, to take note of the captivity of my sons and daughters, brought upon them by the Eternal God. He has brought against them a nation from afar, a nation ruthless and of alien speech, That has neither reverence for age nor tenderness for childhood: They have led away this widows cherished sons, have left me solitary, without daughters. What can I do to help you? He who has brought this evil upon you must himself deliver you from your enemies hands. Farewell, my children, farewell: I am left desolate. I have taken off the garment of peace, have put on sackcloth for my prayer of supplication, and while I live I will cry out to the Eternal God.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:29:24 +0000
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