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And these men, therefore, having sanctified themselves for God's sake, not only have received this honour, but also the honour that through them the enemy had no more power over our people, and the tyrant suffered punishment, and our country was purified, they having as it were become a ransom for our nation's sin; and through the blood of these righteous men and the propitiation of their death, the divine Providence delivered Israel that before was evil entreated.

For I should not have known how to love the Lord, if He had not loved me.

They have assuaged the dry lips, and the will that had fainted they have raised up;

And limbs that had fallen they straightened and set up:

And I was established upon the rock of truth, where He had set me up:

And because she was not sufficiently prepared, and she had not sought a midwife (for He brought her to bear) she brought forth, as if she were a man, of her own will;

My arms I lifted up to the Most High, even to the grace of the Lord: because He had cast off my bonds from me: and my Helper had lifted me up to His grace and to His salvation:

My arms I lifted up to the Most High, even to the grace of the Lord: because He had cast off my bonds from me: and my Helper had lifted me up to His grace and to His salvation:

He who scattered my enemies had existed from ancient and my adversaries:

The birds dropped their wings and all creeping things died in their holes: and the abysses were opened which had been hidden; and they cried to the Lord like women in travail:

And they sealed up the abysses with the seal of the Lord. And they perished, in the thought, those that had existed from ancient times;

And the Lord destroyed the imaginations of all them that had not the truth with them.

And His face was justified, for thus His holy Father had given to Him.

And they made me a debtor when I rose up, me who had been a debtor: and they divided my spoil, though nothing was due to them.

I had gall and bitterness, and I went down with him to the utmost of his depth:

And those who had died ran towards me: and they cried and said, Son of God, have pity on us, and do with us according to thy kindness,

And I went and took Jeremiah, and Adu, and Seriah, and Jabish, and Gedaliah, and all the honorable men of the people, and I led them to the valley of Kidron, and I narrated to them all that had been said to me.

And I was grieving over Zion, and lamenting over the captivity which had come upon the people.

And they have seized the place where I had been standing before.

Now the angels did as he had commanded them, and when they had broken up the corners of the walls, a voice was heard from the interior of the temple, after the wall had fall saying:

Now the angels did as he had commanded them, and when they had broken up the corners of the walls, a voice was heard from the interior of the temple, after the wall had fall saying:

Now the angels did as he had commanded them, and when they had broken up the corners of the walls, a voice was heard from the interior of the temple, after the wall had fall saying:

And I, Baruch, came, and Jeremiah, whose heart was found pure from sins, who had not been captured in the seizure of the City.

Moreover, I, Baruch, say this against you, Babylon: 'If you had prospered, And Zion had dwelt in her glory, Yet the grief to us had been great That you should be equal to Zion.

Moreover, I, Baruch, say this against you, Babylon: 'If you had prospered, And Zion had dwelt in her glory, Yet the grief to us had been great That you should be equal to Zion.

Moreover, I, Baruch, say this against you, Babylon: 'If you had prospered, And Zion had dwelt in her glory, Yet the grief to us had been great That you should be equal to Zion.

For they knew not this anguish, Nor yet had they heard of that which had befallen us.

For they knew not this anguish, Nor yet had they heard of that which had befallen us.

Would that you had ears, O earth, And that you had a heart, O dust: That you might go and announce in Sheol, And say to the dead:

Would that you had ears, O earth, And that you had a heart, O dust: That you might go and announce in Sheol, And say to the dead:

On this account he had aforetime no mercy on His own sons, But afflicted them as His enemies, because they sinned,

What have they profited who had knowledge before you and have not walked in vanity as the rest of the nations, and have not said to the dead: "Give us life," but always feared you, and have not left Your ways?

And lo! they have been carried off, nor on their account have you had mercy on Zion.

Man would not rightly have understood My judgment, unless he had accepted the law, and I had instructed him in understanding.

Man would not rightly have understood My judgment, unless he had accepted the law, and I had instructed him in understanding.

But after his death they sinned and transgressed, Though they knew that they had the law reproving (them), And the light in which nothing could err, Also the spheres which testify, and Me.

Because if a man be prospered in his beginnings and shamefully entreated in his old age, he forgets all the prosperity that he had.

And I went there and sat in the valley of Kidron in a cave of the earth, and I sanctified my soul there, and I ate no bread, yet I was not hungry, and I drank no water, yet I thirsted not, and I was there till the seventh day, as He had commanded me.

And afterwards I came to that place where He had spoken with me.

For if a consummation had not been prepared for all, in vain would have been their beginning.

For there have been many years like those that are desolate from the days of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and of all those who are like them, who sleep in the earth, on whose account you did say that you had created the world.

And (when) I had completed the words of this prayer I was greatly weakened.

For lo! the days come, When everything that is shall become the prey of corruption And be as though it had not been.

And it came to pass when I had spoken to them all these words, that I, Baruch, went my way, and when the people saw me setting out, they lifted up their voice and lamented and said:

And when I had said these things I fell asleep there, and I saw a vision in the night.

Also when it had cast it down and had destroyed and rooted out the greater part of that forest, so that nothing was left of it, nor could its place be recognized, then that vine began to come with the fountain in peace and great tranquility, and it came to a place which was not far from that cedar, and they brought the cedar which had been cast down to it.

Also when it had cast it down and had destroyed and rooted out the greater part of that forest, so that nothing was left of it, nor could its place be recognized, then that vine began to come with the fountain in peace and great tranquility, and it came to a place which was not far from that cedar, and they brought the cedar which had been cast down to it.

Also when it had cast it down and had destroyed and rooted out the greater part of that forest, so that nothing was left of it, nor could its place be recognized, then that vine began to come with the fountain in peace and great tranquility, and it came to a place which was not far from that cedar, and they brought the cedar which had been cast down to it.

And as for those who before knew not but afterwards knew life, and mingled (only) with the seed of the people which had separated itself, the time of these (is) the latter, and is accounted as something exalted.

And when I had gone forth and dismissed them, I went there and said unto them: 'Behold! I go to Hebron: for thither the Mighty One hath sent me.'

And I came to that place where the word had been spoken unto me, and I sat there, and fasted seven days.

And when I had prayed and said these things, I was greatly weakened.

And whilst they are meditating these things, Then envy shall arise in those who had not thought aught of themselves And passion shall seize him that is peaceful, And many shall be stirred up in anger to injure many, And they shall rouse up armies in order to shed blood, And in the end they shall perish together with them.

For then it will be necessary to show the living that the dead have come to life again, and that those who had departed have returned (again).

Also (as for) the glory of those who have now been justified in My law, who have had understanding in their life, and who have planted in their heart the root of wisdom, then their splendor shall be glorified in changes, and the form of their face shall be turned into the light of their beauty, that they may be able to acquire and receive the world which does not die, which is then promised to them.

For the first shall receive the last, those whom they were expecting, and the last those of whom they used to hear that they had passed away.

And when I had said these things I fell asleep there, and I saw a vision, and lo! a cloud was ascending from a very great sea, and I kept gazing upon it) and lo! it was full of waters white and black, and there were many colors in those self-same waters, and as it were the likeness of great lightning was seen at its summit.

And it came to pass at the end of the cloud, that lo! it rained black waters, and they were darker than had been all those waters that were before, and fire was mingled with them, and where those waters descended, they wrought devastation and destruction.

And after these things I saw how that lightning which I had seen on the summit of the cloud, seized hold of it and hurled it to the earth.

Now that lightning shone exceedingly, so as to illuminate the whole earth, and it healed those regions where the last waters had descended and wrought devastation.

And it took hold of the whole earth, and had dominion over it.

And it came to pass when I had finished speaking the words of this prayer, that I sat there under a tree, that I might rest in the shade of the branches.

And I wondered and was astonished, and pondered in my thoughts regarding the multitude of goodness which sinners who are upon the earth have rejected, and regarding the great torment which they have despised, though they knew that they should be tormented because of the sin they had committed.

And it came to pass when the word had gone forth from His presence, that the duration of the world had come into being in a small degree, and was established according to the multitude of the intelligence of Him who sent it.

And it came to pass when the word had gone forth from His presence, that the duration of the world had come into being in a small degree, and was established according to the multitude of the intelligence of Him who sent it.

When, moreover, Hezekiah the king heard those things which the king of Assyria was devising, (i.e.) to come and seize him and destroy his people, the two and a half tribes which remained: nay, more he wished to overthrow Zion also: then Hezekiah trusted in his works, and had hope in his righteousness, and spoke with the Mighty One and said:

And the Mighty One heard him, for Hezekiah was wise, And He had respect unto his prayer, because he was righteous.

And I went forth and destroyed their multitude, the number of whose chiefs only was a hundred and eighty-five thousand, and each one of them had an equal number (at his command).

For he had not lived perfectly, for he was not worthy-but that thenceforward he might know by whom finally he should be tormented.

And he cleansed the land from idols, and hallowed all the vessels which had been polluted, and restored the offerings to the altar, and raised the horn of the holy, and exalted the righteous, and honored all that were wise in understanding, and brought back the priests to their ministry, and destroyed and removed the magicians and enchanters and necromancers from the land.

Or do you perchance think that the place had sinned, And that on this account it was overthrown? Or that the land had wrought foolishness, And that therefore it was delivered up?

Or do you perchance think that the place had sinned, And that on this account it was overthrown? Or that the land had wrought foolishness, And that therefore it was delivered up?

Yea, also the ravens ministered to Elijah, bearing him food, as they had been commanded.

And now, my brethren, I make known unto you that when the enemy had surrounded the city, the angels of the Most High were sent, and they overthrew the fortifications of the strong wall, and they destroyed the firm iron corners, which could not be rooted out.

And when they had done these things, they delivered thereupon to the enemy the overthrown wall, and the plundered house, and the burnt temple, and the people who were overcome because they were delivered up, lest the enemy should boast and say: 'Thus by force have we been able to lay waste even the house of the Most High in war.'

And after his death you cast them away from you: on this account there came upon you what had been predicted.

[Know, moreover, that In former times and in the generations of old our fathers had helpers, Righteous men and holy prophets:

I thought in my heart that I was full of righteousness, Because I was well off and had become rich in children.

Their sins were in secret, And even I had no knowledge (of them).

Because the sons of Jerusalem had defiled the holy things of the Lord, Had profaned with iniquities the offerings of God.

Because the sons of Jerusalem had defiled the holy things of the Lord, Had profaned with iniquities the offerings of God.

For they had done evil one and all, in not hearkening.

For no man upon it had done what they did,

Because they had defiled themselves with unnatural intercourse. I am pained in my bowels and my inward parts for these things.

She put off the glorious diadem which God had set upon her,

And I had not long to wait before God showed me the insolent one Slain on the mountains of Egypt, Esteemed of less account than the least on land and sea;

His body, ( too,) borne hither and thither on the billows with much insolence, With none to bury (him), because He had rejected him with dishonour. He reflected not that he was man.

He led away their sons and daughters, whom they had begotten in defilement.

They did according to their uncleanness, even as their fathers (had done):

They defiled Jerusalem and the things that had been hallowed to the name of God.

They were cast away from the inheritance, which Lord had given them. Among every nation (were) the dispersed of Israel according to the word of God,

Cause ye to be heard in Jerusalem the voice of him that bringeth good tidings; For God hath had pity on Israel in visiting them.

When my soul slumbered (being afar) from the Lord, I had all but slipped down to the pit, When (I was) far from God,

my soul had been well nigh poured out unto death, (I had been) nigh unto the gates of Sheol with the sinner,

my soul had been well nigh poured out unto death, (I had been) nigh unto the gates of Sheol with the sinner,

when my soul departed from the Lord God of Israel— Had not the Lord helped me with His ever lasting mercy.

So that nations shall come from the ends of the earth to see his glory, Bringing as gifts her sons who had fainted,

Such as he had. And forthwith, from man's side

For God had care for all things. For the mind

Had honor, since they were the earliest race.