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Barukh3
Baruch · Chapter 3
O master Almighty, Elohim of Yisra'el, the nephesh in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.
Hear, O master, and have mercy; ar thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee.
For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.
O master Almighty, thou Elohim of Yisra'el, hear now the prayers of the dead Israelites, and of their children, which have sinned before thee, and not hearkened unto the voice of thee their Elohim: for the which cause these plagues cleave unto us.
Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.
For thou art the master our Elohim, and thee, O master, will we praise.
And for this cause thou hast put thy fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our captivity: for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our forefathers, that sinned before thee.
Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the master our Elohim.
Hear, Yisra'el, the mitsvot of life: give ear to understand wisdom.
How happeneth it Yisra'el, that thou art in thine enemies’ land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,
That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?
Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
For if thou hadst walked in the way of Elohim, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.
Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.
Who hath found out her place? or who hath come into her treasures?
Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;
They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?
For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,
They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.
Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,
Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.
It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.
The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the authors of fables, and searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remember her paths.
O Yisra'el, how great is the house of Elohim! and how large is the place of his possession!
Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.
There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.
Those did not the master choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:
But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.
Who hath gone up into shamayim, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?
No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.
But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts:
He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.
The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced: when he calleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them.
This is our Elohim, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him
He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Ya'aqov his servant, and to Yisra'el his beloved.
Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.
Sefarim
Barukh4
Baruch · Chapter 4
This is the book of the mitsvot of Elohim, and the torah that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.
Turn thee, O Ya'aqov, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.
Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.
O Yisra'el, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to Elohim are made known unto us.
Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Yisra'el.
Ye were sold to the nations, not for
your destruction: but because ye moved Elohim to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies.
For ye provoked him that made you by sacrificing unto devils, and not to Elohim.
Ye have forgotten the everlasting Elohim, that brought you up; and ye have grieved Yerushalayim, that nursed you.
For when she saw the wrath of Elohim coming upon you, she said, Hearken, O ye that dwell about Sion: Elohim hath brought upon me great mourning;
For I saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting brought upon them.
With joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning.
Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many, who for the sins of my children am left desolate; because they departed from the torah of Elohim.
They knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his mitsvot, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.
Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember ye the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting hath brought upon them.
For he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.
These have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate without daughters.
But what can I help you?
For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.
Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.
I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting in my days.
Be of good cheer, O my children, cry unto the master, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.
For my hope is in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come unto me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come unto you from the Everlasting our Saviour.
For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but Elohim will give you to me again with joy and gladness for ever.
Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our Elohim which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.
My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from Elohim: for thine enemy hath persecuted thee; but shortly thou shalt see his destruction, and shalt tread upon his neck.
My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.
Be of good comfort, O my children, and cry unto Elohim: for ye shall be remembered of him that brought these things upon you.
For as it was your mind to go astray from Elohim: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.
For he that hath brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy with your salvation.
Take a good heart, O Yerushalayim: for he that gave thee that name will comfort thee.
Miserable are they that afflicted thee, and rejoiced at thy fall.
Miserable are the cities which thy children served: miserable is she that received thy sons.
For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall: so shall she be grieved for her own desolation.
For I will take away the rejoicing of her great multitude, and her pride shall be turned into mourning.
For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time.
O Yerushalayim, look about thee toward the east, and behold the joy that cometh unto thee from Elohim.
Lo, thy sons come, whom thou sentest away, they come gathered together from the east to the west by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of Elohim.
Sefarim
Barukh5
Baruch · Chapter 5
Put off, O Yerushalayim, the garment of mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from Elohim for ever.
Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh from Elohim; and set a diadem on thine head of the glory of the Everlasting.
For Elohim will shew thy brightness unto every country under shamayim.
For thy name shall be called of Elohim for ever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of Elohim’s worship.
Arise, O Yerushalayim, and stand on high, and look about toward the east, and behold thy children gathered from the west unto the east by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the remembrance of Elohim.
For they departed from thee on foot, and were led away of their enemies: but Elohim bringeth them unto thee exalted with glory, as children of the kingdom.
For Elohim hath appointed that every high hill, and banks of long continuance, should be cast down, and valleys filled up, to make even the ground, that Yisra'el may go safely in the glory of Elohim,
Moreover even the woods and every sweetsmelling tree shall overshadow Yisra'el by the mitsvah of Elohim.
For Elohim shall lead Yisra'el with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.