8 You forgot the everlasting God who brought you up. You also grieved Jerusalem, who nursed you. (WEB) 9 For she saw the wrath that came upon you from God, and said, “Listen, you who dwell near Zion; for God has brought upon me great mourning. (WEB) 10 For I have seen the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them. (WEB) 11 For with joy I nourished them, but sent them away with weeping and mourning. (WEB) 12 Let no man rejoice over me, a widow and forsaken by many. For the sins of my children, I am left desolate, because they turned away from the law of God (WEB) 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) 16 They have carried away the dear beloved sons of the widow, and left her who was alone desolate of her daughters.” (WEB) 17 But I—how can I help you? (WEB) 18 For he who brought these calamities upon you will deliver you from the hand of your enemies. (WEB) 19 Go your way, O my children. Go your way, for I am left desolate. (WEB)
Baruch 4:8–19
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