Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Jerusalem saw that God was punishing you because he was angry, and she said to all the neighboring cities, "Look at the great misery that God has brought on me. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 4:7For you have provoked him who made you, the eternal God, offering sacrifice to devils, and not to God. Baruch 4:8 For you have forgotten God, who brought you up, and you have grieved Jerusalem that nursed you. Baruch 4:10 For I have seen the captivity of my people, of my sons, and my daughters, which the Eternal hath brought upon them. Baruch 4:11 For I nourished them with joy: but I sent them away with weeping and mourning. Context Baruch 4…8For you have forgotten God, who brought you up, and you have grieved Jerusalem that nursed you. 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.… Cross References Baruch 4:7 For you have provoked him who made you, the eternal God, offering sacrifice to devils, and not to God. Baruch 4:8 For you have forgotten God, who brought you up, and you have grieved Jerusalem that nursed you. Baruch 4:10 For I have seen the captivity of my people, of my sons, and my daughters, which the Eternal hath brought upon them. Baruch 4:11 For I nourished them with joy: but I sent them away with weeping and mourning. |