Baruch 4:10–18
10For I have seen the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them.↗
11For with joy I nourished them, but sent them away with weeping and mourning.↗
12Let 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↗
13and 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.↗
14Let those who dwell near Zion come and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them.↗
15For 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.↗
16They have carried away the dear beloved sons of the widow, and left her who was alone desolate of her daughters.”↗
17But I—how can I help you?↗
18For he who brought these calamities upon you will deliver you from the hand of your enemies.↗
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