1 And I, Baruch, went to the holy place, and sat down upon the ruins and wept, and said: (2BA) 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 incense of fragrant odours. (2BA) 5 But now our glorying has been made into dust, And the desire of our soul into sand.' (2BA)
2 Baruch 35:1–5
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