1  And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Neraiah, the son of Mahseiah, the son of Zedekiah, the son of Hasadiah, the son Hilkiah, wrote in Babylon,

2  in the fifth year, on the seventh day of the month, since the time when the Chaldeans captured Jerusalem and set it on fire.

3  And Baruch read the words of this book to the ears of Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and to the ears of the entire people, who came to the book

4  even to the ears of the powerful sons of kings, and to the ears of the elders, and to the ears of the people, from the least to the greatest of them, of all those living in Babylon, near the river Sud.

4  And in the hearing of the nobles, and of the king’s sons, and in the hearing of the elders, and of all the people, from the lowest unto the highest, even of all them that dwelt at Babylon by the river Sud.

5  And upon hearing it, they wept and fasted and prayed in the sight of the Lord.

5  Whereupon they wept, fasted, and prayed before the Lord.

6  And they collected money in accordance with whatever each one was able to handover.

6  They made also a collection of money according to every man’s power

7  And they sent it to Jerusalem to Jehoiakim, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Shalum the priest, and to the priests, and to all the people, who were found with him in Jerusalem.

8  At that time, he received the vessels of the temple of the Lord (which had been carried away from the temple) so as to return them to the land of Judah, on the tenth day of the month Sivan. These were the silver vessels, which Zedekiah, the son of Josiah king of Judah, had made.

9  After this, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, captured Jeconiah, and the leaders, and all the powerful, and the people of the land, and led them captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.

9  After that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, and the princes, and the captives, and the mighty men, and the people of the land, from Jerusalem, and brought them unto Babylon.

10  And they said, “Behold we have sent you money with which to buy holocausts and frankincense. Therefore, make manna and offer it for sin at the altar of the Lord our God.

10  And they said, Behold, we have sent you money to buy you burnt offerings, and sin offerings, and incense, and prepare ye manna, and offer upon the altar of the Lord our God;

11  And pray for the life of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and for the life of Belshazzar his son, so that their days may be just like the days of the heaven above the earth,

12  and so that the Lord may give virtue to us, and enlighten our eyes, so that we may live under the shadow of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and under the shadow of Belshazzar his son, and so that we may serve them for many days and may find favor in their sight.

12  And the Lord will give us strength, and lighten our eyes, and we shall live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and under the shadow of Balthasar his son, and we shall serve them many days, and find favour in their sight.

13  And pray for us also to the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God, and the madness of our sin has not been driven away from us even to this day.

13  Pray for us also unto the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God; and unto this day the fury of the Lord and his wrath is not turned from us.

14  And read this book, which we have sent to you to be recited in the temple of the Lord, on solemn days and on other suitable days.

14  And ye shall read this book which we have sent unto you, to make confession in the house of the Lord, upon the feasts and solemn days.

15  And you will say, ‘To the Lord our God is justice, but to us is confusion of our face, just as it is this day for all of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

15  And ye shall say, To the Lord our God belongeth righteousness, but unto us the confusion of faces, as it is come to pass this day, unto them of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

16  even for our kings, and our leaders, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers.

16  And to our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers

17  We have sinned before the Lord our God and we have not believed, lacking confidence in him.

17  For we have sinned before the Lord,

18  And we have not been submissive to him, and we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God, so as to walk in his commandments, which he has given to us.

18  And disobeyed him, and have not hearkened unto the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the commandments that he gave us openly

19  From the day that he led our fathers out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, we were unfaithful to the Lord our God, and, having been scattered, we fell away. We did not listen to his voice.

19  Since the day that the Lord brought our forefathers out of the land of Egypt, unto this present day, we have been disobedient unto the Lord our God, and we have been negligent in not hearing his voice.

20  And we joined ourselves to many evils and to the curses which the Lord established through Moses, his servant, who led our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land flowing with milk and honey, just as it is in the present day.

20  Wherefore the evils cleaved unto us, and the curse, which the Lord appointed by Moses his servant at the time that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land that floweth with milk and honey, like as it is to see this day.

21  And we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God, according to all the words of the prophets whom he sent to us.

21  Nevertheless we have not hearkened unto the voice of the Lord our God, according unto all the words of the prophets, whom he sent unto us

22  And we have gone astray, each one after the inclinations of his own malignant heart, serving strange gods and doing evil before the eyes of the Lord our God.

22  But every man followed the imagination of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God.

2:1  “ ‘For this reason, the Lord our God has fulfilled his word, which he has spoken to us, and to our judges, who have judged Israel, and to our kings, and to our leaders, and to all Israel and Judah.

1  Therefore the Lord hath made good his word, which he pronounced against us, and against our judges that judged Israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Juda,

2:2  And so the Lord has brought upon us great evils, such as never before happened under heaven, (but which have come to pass in Jerusalem according to what was written in the law of Moses)

2  To bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the whole heaven, as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that were written in the law of Moses;

2:3  even that a man would eat the flesh of his son and the flesh of his daughter.

3  That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.

2:4  And so he placed them under the hand of all the kings who surround us, in disgrace and desolation among all the people where the Lord has scattered us.

4  Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.

2:5  And we were brought down low and were not raised up, because we sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice.

5  Thus we were cast down, and not exalted, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, and have not been obedient unto his voice.

2:6  To the Lord our God is justice, but to us and to our fathers is confusion of face, just as on this day.

6  To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness: but unto us and to our fathers open shame, as appeareth this day.

2:7  For the Lord has pronounced against us all these evils, which have overcome us.

7  For all these plagues are come upon us, which the Lord hath pronounced against us

2:8  And we have not beseeched the face of the Lord our God, so that we might return, each one of us from our most sinful ways.

8  Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.

2:9  And the Lord has watched over us for evil and has brought it upon us, because the Lord is just in all his works that he has commanded us,

9  Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.

2:10  and we have not listened to his own voice, so as to walk according to the teachings of the Lord, which he has set before our face.

10  Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.

2:11  And now, O Lord God of Israel, who has led your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with your great power, and with an exalted arm, and has made a name for yourself, just as on this day,

2:12  we have sinned, we become impious, we have acted unjustly, O Lord our God, against all your principles.

12  O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances.

2:13  May your wrath be turned away from us because, having been forsaken, we are few among the irreligious where you have scattered us.

13  Let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where thou hast scattered us.

2:14  Heed, O Lord, our petitions and our prayers, and deliver us for your own sake, and grant that we may find favor before the face of those who have led us away,

14  Hear our prayers, O Lord, and our petitions, and deliver us for thine own sake, and give us favour in the sight of them which have led us away

2:15  so that all the earth may know that you are the Lord our God, and because your name has been invoked over Israel and over his posterity.

15  That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by thy name.

2:16  Gaze upon us, O Lord, from your holy home, and incline your ear, and heed us.

16  O Lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.

2:17  Open your eyes and see, because the dead, who are in the underworld, whose spirit has been taken away from their vital organs, will not give honor and justification to the Lord.

17  Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness

2:18  But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil, approaches bowed down and weak, and the failing eyes and the hungering soul give glory and justice to you, the Lord.

2:19  For it is not according to the righteousness of our fathers that we pour out our petitions and beg mercy in your sight, O Lord our God,

19  Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before thee, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.

2:20  but because you have sent your wrath and your fury upon us, just as you have spoken by the hand of your children the prophets, saying

20  For thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by thy servants the prophets, saying,

2:21  “Thus says the Lord, ‘Bow down your shoulder and your neck, and do work for the king of Babylon, and settle in the land which I gave to your fathers,

2:22  because, if you will not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to serve the king of Babylon, I will cause you to depart from the cities of Judah and from the gates of Jerusalem.

22  But if ye will not hear the voice of the Lord, to serve the king of Babylon,

2:23  And I will take away from you the voice of cheerfulness and the voice of joy, and the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, and all the land will be without any trace of its inhabitants.’ ”

23  I will cause to cease out of the cites of Judah, and from without Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: and the whole land shall be desolate of inhabitants.

2:24  And they did not listen to your voice, that they should serve the king of Babylon, and so you have fulfilled your words, which you spoke by the hands of your children the prophets, so that the bones of our kings and the bones of our fathers would be carried away from their place.

24  But we would not hearken unto thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: therefore hast thou made good the words that thou spakest by thy servants the prophets, namely, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their place.

2:25  And, behold, they have been cast out into the heat of the sun and the frost of the night, and they have died by means of grievous evils, by famine, and by the sword, and by banishment.

25  And, lo, they are cast out to the heat of the day, and to the frost of the night, and they died in great miseries by famine, by sword, and by pestilence.

2:26  And you have set up the temple, in which your name itself was called upon, just as it is on this day, because of the iniquity of the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

26  And the house which is called by thy name hast thou laid waste, as it is to be seen this day, for the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Juda.

2:27  And you have accomplished in us, O Lord our God, according to all your goodness and according to all your great mercy,

27  O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine,

2:28  just as you spoke by the hand of your child Moses, in the day when you commanded him to write your law before the sons of Israel,

28  As thou spakest by thy servant Moses in the day when thou didst command him to write the law before the children of Israel, saying,

2:29  saying: “If you will not listen to my voice, this great multitude will be changed into the least among the peoples, where I will scatter them.

29  If ye will not hear my voice, surely this very great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations, where I will scatter them.

2:30  For I know that the people will not listen to me, for the people are stiff necked. But they will have a change of their heart in the land of their captivity,

30  For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiffnecked people: but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves.

2:31  and they will know that I am the Lord their God. And I will give them a heart, and they will understand, ears, and they will hear.

31  And shall know that I am the Lord their God: for I will give them an heart, and ears to hear

2:32  And they will praise me in the land of their captivity, and will remember my name.

2:33  And they will turn themselves away from their stiff back, and from their wicked deeds, for they will call to mind the way of their fathers, who sinned against me.

33  And return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the Lord.

2:34  And I will restore them to the land which I pledged to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they will rule over it, and I will multiply them, and they will not be diminished.

34  And I will bring them again into the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.

2:35  And I will establish for them a new and everlasting covenant, so that I will be their God and they will be my people. And I will no longer move my people, the sons of Israel, out of the land which I have given them.”

35  And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more drive my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.

3:1  “ ‘And now, O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, the soul in anguish and the troubled spirit cry out to you.

1  O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.

3:2  Listen, O Lord, and be merciful, for you are a merciful God, and so be merciful to us, for we have sinned before you.

2  Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; ar thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee.

3:3  For you are enthroned in eternity, but we will pass away in time.

3  For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.

3:4  O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, listen now to the prayer of the dead of Israel and of their sons, who have sinned before you and have not listened to the voice of the Lord their God, and have joined themselves to evil.

3:5  Remember not the iniquities of our fathers, but remember your hand and your name at this time.

3:6  For you are the Lord our God, and we will praise you, O Lord.

3:7  And for this reason, you have imparted your fear into our hearts, and also, so that we may call upon your name and may praise you in our captivity, for we are converted from the iniquity of our fathers, who sinned before you.

7  And for this cause thou hast put thy fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our captivity: for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our forefathers, that sinned before thee.

3:8  And, behold, we are still in our captivity on this day, where you have scattered us into disgrace, and into slander, and into sin, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, who withdrew from you, O Lord our God.

8  Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.

3:9  Listen, O Israel, to the commandments of life! Pay attention, so that you may learn prudence!

9  Hear, Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.

3:10  How is it, O Israel, that you are in the land of your enemies,

10  How happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thine enemies’ land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,

3:11  that you have grown old in a foreign land, that you are defiled with the dead, that you are regarded as among those who are descending into hell?

11  That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?

3:12  You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.

3:13  For if you had walked in the way of God, you would certainly have lived in everlasting peace.

13  For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.

3:14  Learn where prudence is, where virtue is, where understanding is, so that you may know at the same time where long life and prosperity are, where the light of the eyes and peace are.

3:15  Who has discovered its place? And who has entered its treasure chamber?

15  Who hath found out her place? or who hath come into her treasures?

3:16  Where are the leaders of the peoples, and those who rule over the beasts that are upon the earth,

3:17  who play among the birds of the air,

17  They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?

3:18  who store up treasures of silver and gold, in which men trust, and with whom there is no end to their acquiring, who work with silver and are anxious about it, and whose works are inexplicable?

18  For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,

3:19  They have been banished and have descended to hell, and others are risen up in their place.

19  They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.

3:20  The youth have seen the light and have dwelt upon the earth, yet they are ignorant of the way of instruction.

20  Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,

3:21  They have neither understood the paths of it, nor have their sons accepted it. It is far from their face.

21  Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.

3:22  It has not been heard of in the land of Canaan, nor has it been seen in Teman.

22  It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.

3:23  It is likewise with the sons of Hagar, who search for the practicality that is of the earth, the negotiators of Merran and Teman, and the storytellers, and the searchers of discretion and intelligence. Yet the way of wisdom they have not known, nor have they called to mind its paths.

23  The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the authors of fables, and searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remember her paths.

3:24  O Israel, how great is the house of God, and how vast is the place of his possession!

3:25  It is great and has no end! It is exalted and immense!

25  Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.

3:26  There were those who were called giants, who existed from the beginning, of great stature, expert in war.

3:27  The Lord did not choose them, nor did they discover the way of instruction; for this reason they perished,

27  Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them

3:28  and, because they did not have wisdom, they passed away as a result of their foolishness.

28  But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.

3:29  Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?

3:30  Who has crossed the sea, and found her, and brought her, chosen instead of gold?

30  Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?

3:31  There is no one who is able to know her ways, nor any who can search out her paths.

31  No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.

3:32  Yet he who knows the universe is familiar with her, and in his foresight he invented her, he who prepared the earth for time without end, and filled it with cattle and four-footed beasts,

32  But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts

3:33  who sends out the light, and it goes, and who summoned it, and it obeyed him in fear.

33  He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.

3:34  Yet the stars have given light from their posts, and they rejoiced.

35  They were called, and so they said, “Here we are,” and they shined with cheerfulness to him who made them.

34  The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced: when he calleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them.

3:35  This is our God, and no other can compare to him.

3:36  He invented the way of all instruction, and delivered it to Jacob his child, and to Israel his beloved.

36  He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.

3:37  After this, he was seen on earth, and he conversed with men.

37  Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.

4:2  Convert, O Jacob, and embrace it, walk in the way of its splendor, facing its light.

Bar4:2  Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.

4:3  Do not surrender your glory to another, nor your value to a foreign people.

Bar4:3  Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.

4:4  We have been happy, O Israel, because the things that are pleasing to God have been made clear to us.

Bar4:4  O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us.

4:5  Be ever more peaceful in soul, O people of God, the memorial of Israel.

Bar4:5  Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.

4:6  You have been sold to the nations, not into destruction, but because of this, in resentment, you provoked God to wrath, and so you have been delivered to adversity.

Bar4:6  Ye were sold to the nations, not for your destruction: but because ye moved God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies.

4:7  For you have exasperated him who made you, the eternal God, by sacrificing to evil spirits, and not to God.

Bar4:7  For ye provoked him that made you by sacrificing unto devils, and not to God.

4:8  For you have forgotten God, who nurtured you, and you have saddened Jerusalem, your nurse.

Bar4:8  Ye have forgotten the everlasting God, that brought you up; and ye have grieved Jerusalem, that nursed you.

4:9  For she saw the wrath of God approaching you, and she said, “Listen, region of Zion, for God has brought upon me great sorrow.

Bar4:9  For when she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, she said, Hearken, O ye that dwell about Sion: God hath brought upon me great mourning;

4:10  For I have seen the captivity of my people, my sons and daughters, which the Eternal has led over them.

Bar4:10  For I saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting brought upon them.

4:11  For I nurtured them with joy, but I sent them away with weeping and sorrow.

Bar4:11  With joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning.

4:12  Let no one rejoice over me, a widow and a desolation, for I am forsaken by many because of the sins of my sons, because they strayed from the law of God.

4:13  And they have not known his righteousness, nor walked in the ways of the commandments of God, nor have they advanced with justice along the paths of his truth.

Bar4:13  They knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.

4:14  Let the region of Zion approach, and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Eternal led over them.

Bar4:14  Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember ye the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting hath brought upon them.

4:15  For he has brought a far away people upon them, a guilty people, and of another language,

Bar4:15  For he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.

4:16  who have not reverenced the aged, nor had mercy on the children, and who have led away the beloved of the widow, leaving me deserted and alone, without sons.

Bar4:16  These have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate without daughters.

4:17  But as for me, how am I able to help you?

Bar4:17  But what can I help you?

4:18  For he who has brought these evils upon you, will rescue you from the hands of your enemies.

Bar4:18  For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.

4:19  Walk on, sons, walk on, for I have been abandoned and I am alone.

Bar4:19  Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.

4:20  I have taken off the garment of peace and have put on the sackcloth of supplication, and I will cry out to the most High in my days.

Bar4:20  I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting in my days.

4:21  Be ever more peaceful, sons. Cry out to the Lord, and he will rescue you from the hand of the hostile leaders.

Bar4:21  Be of good cheer, O my children, cry unto the Lord, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.

4:22  For I have placed my hope in your eternal salvation, and joy approaches me from the Holy One, over the mercy which will come to you by our eternal salvation.

Bar4:22  For my hope is in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come unto me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come unto you from the Everlasting our Saviour.

4:23  For I sent you forth with sorrow and weeping, but the Lord will restore you to me with joy and gladness for eternity.

Bar4:23  For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness for ever.

4:24  For just as the neighbors of Zion have seen your captivity from God, so also will they soon see your salvation from God, which will overcome you with great honor and eternal splendor.

Bar4:24  Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.

4:25  Sons, endure patiently the wrath that has come upon you, for your enemy has persecuted you, but you will quickly see his destruction and you will climb over his neck.

Bar4:25  My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from God: for thine enemy hath persecuted thee; but shortly thou shalt see his destruction, and shalt tread upon his neck.

4:26  My delicate ones have walked rough ways, for they were regarded as a flock torn apart by enemies.

4:27  Be ever more peaceful in soul, sons, and call out to the Lord, for you will be remembered by him who led you away.

Bar4:27  Be of good comfort, O my children, and cry unto God: for ye shall be remembered of him that brought these things upon you.

4:28  For as much as you thought to go astray from God, ten times as much again he will require of you when converting.

Bar4:28  For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.

4:29  For he who led you into evil, he himself will again lead you to eternal happiness with your salvation.”

Bar4:29  For he that hath brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy with your salvation.

4:30  Be ever more peaceful in soul, Jerusalem, for he who has named you, has been affected by you.

Bar4:30  Take a good heart, O Jerusalem: for he that gave thee that name will comfort thee.

4:31  The criminals who have troubled you, will perish, and those who rejoiced in your ruin, will be punished.

Bar4:31  Miserable are they that afflicted thee, and rejoiced at thy fall.

4:32  The cities that your sons have served, will be punished, and also, she who received your sons.

Bar4:32  Miserable are the cities which thy children served: miserable is she that received thy sons.

4:33  For just as she was glad at your ruin, and she rejoiced in your fall, so also will she be grieved in her own desolation,

Bar4:33  For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall: so shall she be grieved for her own desolation.

4:34  and the exaltation of her multitude will be cut off, and her gladness will be turned to sorrow.

Bar4:34  For I will take away the rejoicing of her great multitude, and her pride shall be turned into mourning.

4:35  For fire will overcome her from the Eternal for many days, and she will be inhabited by evil spirits for a long time.

Bar4:35  For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time.

4:36  Look around, Jerusalem, towards the east, and see the happiness that comes to you from God.

Bar4:36  O Jerusalem, look about thee toward the east, and behold the joy that cometh unto thee from God.

4:37  For behold, your sons approach, whom you sent away scattered. They approach, gathering together, from the east all the way to the west, at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the honor of God.

Bar4:37  Lo, thy sons come, whom thou sentest away, they come gathered together from the east to the west by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.