2 Baruch 5

1And I answered and said: 'So then I am destined to grieve for Zion, For your enemies will come to this place and pollute Your sanctuary, And lead your inheritance into captivity, And make themselves masters of those whom you have loved, And they will depart again to the place of their idols, And will boast before them: And what will you do for Your great name?'

2And the Lord said unto me: 'My name and My glory are unto all eternity; And My judgment shall maintain its right in its own time.

3And you shall see with your eyes That the enemy will not overthrow Zion, Nor shall they burn Jerusalem, But be the ministers of the Judge for the time.

4But do you go and do whatsoever I have said unto you.

5And 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.

6And they lifted up their voice, and they all wept.

7And we sat there and fasted until the evening.