Bar 3:28
But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and
perished through their own foolishness.
Bar 3:29
Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her
down from the clouds?
Bar 3:30
Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her
for pure gold?
Bar 3:31
No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.
Bar 3:32
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:
Bar 3:33
He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again,
and it obeyeth him with fear.
Bar 3:34
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.
Bar 3:35
This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of
in comparison of him
Bar 3:36
He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it
unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.
Bar 3:37
Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with
men.
Bar 4:1
This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that
endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but
such as leave it shall die.
Bar 4:2
Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence
of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.
Bar 4:3
Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are
profitable unto thee to a strange nation.
Bar 4:4
O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God
are made known unto us.
Bar 4:5
Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.
Bar 4:6
Ye were sold to the nations, not for [your] destruction: but
because ye moved God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the
enemies.
Bar 4:7
For ye provoked him that made you by sacrificing unto devils,
and not to God.
Bar 4:8
Ye have forgotten the everlasting God, that brought you up;
and ye have grieved Jerusalem, that nursed you.
Bar 4:9
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;
Bar 4:10
For I saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the
Everlasting brought upon them.
Bar 4:11
With joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping
and mourning.
Bar 4:12
Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many,
who for the sins of my c
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