Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I saw my sons and daughters taken into captivity, a captivity brought on them by the Eternal God. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For I have seen the captivity of my people, of my sons, and my daughters, which the Eternal hath brought upon them. Baruch 4:8For you have forgotten God, who brought you up, and you have grieved Jerusalem that nursed you. Baruch 4:9 For she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, and she said: Give ear, all you that dwell near Sion, for God hath brought upon me great mourning: Baruch 4:11 For I nourished them with joy: but I sent them away with weeping and mourning. Baruch 4:12 Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and desolate: I am forsaken of many for the sins of my children, because they departed from the law of God. Context Baruch 4…9For she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, and she said: Give ear, all you that dwell near Sion, for God hath brought upon me great mourning: 10For I have seen the captivity of my people, of my sons, and my daughters, which the Eternal hath brought upon them. 11For I nourished them with joy: but I sent them away with weeping and mourning.… Cross References Baruch 4:8 For you have forgotten God, who brought you up, and you have grieved Jerusalem that nursed you. Baruch 4:9 For she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, and she said: Give ear, all you that dwell near Sion, for God hath brought upon me great mourning: Baruch 4:11 For I nourished them with joy: but I sent them away with weeping and mourning. Baruch 4:12 Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and desolate: I am forsaken of many for the sins of my children, because they departed from the law of God. |