Baruch 2
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Wherefore the Lord our God hath made good his word, that he spoke to us, and to our judges that have judged Israel, and to our kings, and to our princes, and to all Israel and Juda:
1Therefore the Lord hath made good his word, which he pronounced against us, and against our judges that judged Israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Juda,
2That the Lord would bring upon us great evils, such as never happened under heaven, as they have come to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that are written in the law of Moses:
2To bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the whole heaven, as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that were written in the law of Moses;
3That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
3That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
4And he hath delivered them up to be under the hand of all the kings that are round about us, to be a reproach, and desolation among all the people, among whom the Lord hath scattered us.
4Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.
5And we are brought under, and are not uppermost: because we have sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice.
5Thus we were cast down, and not exalted, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, and have not been obedient unto his voice.
6To the Lord our God belongeth justice: but to us, and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.
6To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness: but unto us and to our fathers open shame, as appeareth this day.
7For the Lord hath pronounced against us all these evils that are come upon us:
7For all these plagues are come upon us, which the Lord hath pronounced against us
8And we have not entreated the face of the Lord our God, that we might return every one of us from our most wicked ways.
8Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.
9And the Lord hath watched over us for evil, and hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is just in all his works which he hath commanded us:
9Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.
10And we have not hearkened to his voice to walk in the commandments of the Lord which he hath set before us.
10Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.
11And now, O Lord God of Israel, who hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with thy great power, and with a mighty arm, and hast made thee a name as at this day,
11And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:
12We have sinned, we have done wickedly, we have acted unjustly, O Lord our God, against all thy justices.
12O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances.
13Let thy wrath be turned away from us: for we are left a few among the nations where thou hast scattered us.
13Let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where thou hast scattered us.
14Hear, O Lord, our prayers, and our petitions, and deliver us for thy own sake: and grant that we may find favour in the sight of them that have led us away:
14Hear our prayers, O Lord, and our petitions, and deliver us for thine own sake, and give us favour in the sight of them which have led us away:
15That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy name is called upon Israel, and upon his posterity.
15That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by thy name.
16Look down upon us, O Lord, from thy holy house, and incline thy ear, and hear us.
16O Lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.
17Open thy eyes, and behold: for the dead that are in hell, whose spirit is taken away from their bowels, shall not give glory and justice to the Lord:
17Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:
18But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil she hath done, and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee the Lord.
18But the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give thee praise and righteousness, O Lord.
19For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God:
19Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before thee, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.
20But because thou hast sent out thy wrath, and thy indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying:
20For thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by thy servants the prophets, saying,
21Thus saith the Lord: Bow down your shoulder, and your neck, and serve the king of Babylon: and you shall remain in the land which I have given to your fathers.
21Thus saith the Lord, Bow down your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon: so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto your fathers.
22But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to serve the king of Babylon: I will cause you to depart out of the cities of Juda, and from without Jerusalem.
22But if ye will not hear the voice of the Lord, to serve the king of Babylon,
23And I will take away from you the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, and the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, and all the land shall be without any footstep of inhabitants.
23I will cause to cease out of the cites of Judah, and from without Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: and the whole land shall be desolate of inhabitants.
24And they hearkened not to thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: and thou hast made good thy words, which thou spokest by the hands of thy servants the prophets, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers should be removed out of their place:
24But we would not hearken unto thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: therefore hast thou made good the words that thou spakest by thy servants the prophets, namely, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their place.
25And behold they are cast out to the heat of the sun, and to the frost of the night: and they have died in grievous pains, by famine, and by the sword, and in banishment.
25And, lo, they are cast out to the heat of the day, and to the frost of the night, and they died in great miseries by famine, by sword, and by pestilence.
26And thou hast made the temple, in which thy name was called upon, as it is at this day, for the iniquity of the house of Israel, and the house of Juda.
26And the house which is called by thy name hast thou laid waste, as it is to be seen this day, for the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Juda.
27And thou hast dealt with us, O Lord our God, according to all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine:
27O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine,
28As thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, in the day when thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel,
28As thou spakest by thy servant Moses in the day when thou didst command him to write the law before the children of Israel, saying,
29Saying: If you will not hear my voice, this great multitude shall be turned into a very small number among the nations, where I will scatter them:
29If ye will not hear my voice, surely this very great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations, where I will scatter them.
30For I know that the people will not hear me, for they are a people of a stiff neck: but they shall turn to their heart in the land of their captivity:
30For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiffnecked people: but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves.
31And they shall know that I am the Lord their God: and I will give them a heart, and they shall understand: and ears, and they shall hear.
31And shall know that I am the Lord their God: for I will give them an heart, and ears to hear:
32And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and shall be mindful of my name.
32And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name,
33And they shall turn away themselves from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, that sinned against me.
33And return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the Lord.
34And I will bring them back again into the land which I promised with an oath to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be masters thereof: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished.
34And I will bring them again into the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.
35And I will make with them another covenant that shall be everlasting, to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more remove my people, the children of Israel, out of the land that I have given them.
35And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more drive my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.
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