3 of the Cedron. And I answered and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, and I will speak to thee, And give ear, O seed of Jacob, and I will instruct thee. (2BA) 4 Forget not Zion, But hold in remembrance the anguish of Jerusalem. (2BA) 5 For lo! the days come, When everything that is shall become the prey of corruption And be as though it had not been. (2BA)
2 Baruch 31:3–5
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2 Baruch 44:4–6
4 For ye see that He whom we serve is just, And our Creator is no respecter of persons. (2BA) 5 And see ye what hath befallen Zion, And what hath happened to Jerusalem. (2BA) 6 For the judgement of the Mighty One shall (thereby) be made known, And His ways, which, though past fi… (2BA)
2 Baruch 35:2–4
2 'O that mine eyes were springs, And mine eyelids a fount of tears. (2BA) 3 For how shall I lament for Zion, And how shall I mourn for Jerusalem? (2BA) 4 Because in that place where I am now prostrate, Of old the high priest offered holy sacrifices, And placed thereon an incens… (2BA)
2 Esdras 9:29–31
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Jeremiah 6:7–9
7 As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me. 8 Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.” 9 This is w…
Baruch 4:7–9
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Book of Enoch 97:4–6
4 Yea, ye shall fare like unto them, Against whom this word shall be a testimony: “Ye have been companions of sinners.” (ENO) 5 And in those days the prayer of the righteous shall reach unto the Lord, And for you the days of your judgement shall come. (ENO) 6 And all the words o… (ENO)
2 Baruch 11:1–3
1 Moreover, I, Baruch, say this against thee, Babylon: If thou hadst prospered, And Zion had dwelt in her glory, Yet the grief to us had been great That thou shouldst be equal to Zion. (2BA) 2 But now, lo! the grief is infinite, And the lamentation measureless, For lo!… (2BA) 3 … (2BA)
2 Baruch 39:2–4
2 hast seen. As thou hast seen the great forest which lofty and rugged mountains surrounded, this is (2BA) 3 the word. Behold! the days come, and this kingdom will be destroyed which once destroyed Zion, (2BA) 4 and it will be subjected to that which comes after it. Moreover, th… (2BA)
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