1 She is the book of God's commandments, the Law that stands for ever; those who keep her shall live, those who desert her shall die.
2 Turn back, Jacob, seize her, in her radiance make your way to light:
3 do not yield your glory to another, your privilege to a people not your own.
4 Israel, blessed are we: what pleases God has been revealed to us!
5 Take courage, my people, memorial of Israel!
6 You were sold to the nations, but not for extermination. You provoked God; and so were delivered to your enemies,
7 since you had angered your Creator by offering sacrifices to demons, and not to God.
8 You had forgotten the eternal God who reared you. You had also grieved Jerusalem who nursed you,
9 for when she saw God's anger falling on you, she said: Listen, you neighbours of Zion: God has sent me great sorrow.
10 I have seen my sons and daughters taken into captivity, which the Eternal brought down on them.
11 I had reared them joyfully; in tears, in sorrow, I watched them go away.
12 Do not, any of you, exult over me, a widow, deserted by so many; I am bereaved because of the sins of my children, who turned away from the Law of God,
13 who did not want to know his precepts and would not follow the ways of his commandments or tread the paths of discipline as his justice directed.
14 Come here, neighbours of Zion! Remember my sons' and daughters' captivity, which the Eternal brought down on them.
15 How he brought a distant nation down on them, a ruthless nation speaking a foreign language, they showed neither respect for the aged, nor pity for the child;
16 they carried off the widow's cherished sons, they left her quite alone, bereft of her daughters.
17 For my part, how could I help you?
18 He who brought those disasters down on you, is the one to deliver you from your enemies' clutches.
19 Go, my children, go your way! I must stay bereft and lonely;
20 I have taken off the clothes of peace and put on the sackcloth of entreaty; all my life I shall cry to the Eternal.
21 Take courage, my children, call on God: he will deliver you from tyranny, from the clutches of your enemies;
22 for I look to the Eternal for your rescue, and joy has come to me from the Holy One at the mercy soon to reach you from your Saviour, the Eternal.
23 In sorrow and tears I watched you go away, but God will give you back to me in joy and gladness for ever.
24 As the neighbours of Zion have now witnessed your captivity, so will they soon see your rescue by God, which will come upon you with great glory and splendour of the Eternal.
25 My children, patiently bear the anger brought on you by God. Your enemy has persecuted you, but soon you will witness his destruction and set your foot on his neck.
26 My favourite children have travelled by rough roads, carried off like a flock by a marauding enemy.
27 Take courage, my children, call on God: he who brought this on you will remember you.
28 As by your will you first strayed from God, so now turn back and search for him ten times harder;
29 for as he has been bringing down those disasters on you, so will he rescue you and give you eternal joy.
30 Take courage, Jerusalem: he who gave you your name will console you.
31 Disaster will come to all who have ill-treated you and gloated over your fall.
32 Disaster will come to the cities where your children were slaves; disaster to whichever one received your children,
33 for just as she rejoiced at your fall and was happy to see you ruined, so will she grieve over her own desolation.
34 I shall deprive her of the joy of a populous city, and her insolence will turn to mourning;
35 fire from the Eternal will befall her for many a day, and demons will dwell in her for ages.
36 Jerusalem, turn your eyes to the east, see the joy that is coming to you from God.
37 Look, the children you watched go away are on their way home; reassembled from east and west, they are on their way home at the Holy One's command, rejoicing in God's glory.
Versículos relacionados com Baruch, 4:
Baruc 4 is a chapter of the Old Testament that talks about the restoration of the people of Israel after exile in Babylon. The chapter begins with an exhortation for the people of Israel to rejoice and rejoice because God brought them back to the land of their ancestors. He also highlights the importance of wisdom and obedience to God. Next are five verses related to the topics covered in Baruc 4, in order of proximity to the chapter:
Isaiah 40:1-2: "Consolve, comfort my people, say your God. Talk comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry that your malice is over, that your iniquity is scouted and has already received double from the hand. of the Lord for all his sins. " This verse talks about the restoration of the people of Israel after exile in Babylon, a central theme in Baruc 4.
Deuteronomy 30:1-3: "Is it that when all these things happen to you, the blessing and the curse that I put before you, meditates in them in your heart, among all the nations where you cast the Lord, your God, and You will convert to the Lord your God, and hear your voice according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, then the Lord, your God, will turn from your captivity and will pity you. " This verse also talks about the restoration of the people of Israel after exile in Babylon, a central theme in Baruc 4.
Psalm 126:1-2: "When the Lord brought from captivity those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter and our language of songs; then it was said among the Gentiles: Great things made the Lord to these. " This verse talks about the joy that the people of Israel felt when God brought them back to the land of their ancestors, a theme addressed in Baruc 4.
Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord of all your heart and do not stir in your own understanding. Recognizes Him in all your ways, and he will straighten your paths." This verse highlights the importance of wisdom and obedience to God, topics addressed in Baruc 4.
Psalm 119:105: "Lamp for my feet is your word and light to my way." This verse also highlights the importance of wisdom and obedience to God, topics covered in Baruc 4.
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