13 and had no regard for his statutes. They didn’t walk in the ways of God’s commandments or tread in the paths of discipline in his righteousness. (WEB) 14 Let those who dwell near Zion come and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them. (WEB) 15 For he has brought a nation upon them from afar, a shameless nation with a strange language, who didn’t respect old men or pity children. (WEB)
Baruch 4:13–15
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