1 And I, Baruch, came, and Jeremiah, whose heart was found pure from sins, who had not been (2BA) 2 captured in the seizure of the city. And we rent our garments, we wept, and mourned, and fasted seven days. (2BA)
2 Baruch 9:1–2
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