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1 Baruch 1

1 BARUCH 1:1 And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of NeraiYah, the son ofMahseiYah, the son of ZedekiYah, the son of HasadiYah, the son of HilkiYah, wrote inBabylon,

1 BARUCH 1:2In the fifth year, and in the se enth day of the !onth, what ti!e as the "haldeans took

Yerusale!, and burnt it with fire#

1 BARUCH 1:$ And Baruch did read the words of this book in the hearin% of &econiYah the son of&oachi! kin% of Yahuda, and in the ears of all the 'eo'le that ca!e to hear the book,

1 BARUCH 1:( And in the hearin% of the nobles, and of the kin%)s sons, and in the hearin% of theelders, and of all the 'eo'le, fro! the lowest unto the hi%hest, e en of all the! that

dwelt at Babylon by the ri er *ud#

1 BARUCH 1:+hereu'on they we't, fasted, and 'rayed before YAH -H#

1 BARUCH 1:./hey !ade also a collection of !oney accordin% to e ery !an)s 'ower:

1 BARUCH 1:0 And they sent it to Yerusale! unto &ehoiaki! the hi%h kohen, the son of Hilkiah, son of*hallu!, and to the koheni!, and to all the 'eo'le which were found with hi! at

Yerusale!,

1 BARUCH 1: At the sa!e ti!e when he recei ed the essels of the house of YAH -H, that werecarried out of the tabernacle, to return the! into the land of Yahuda, the tenth day ofthe !onth *i an, na!ely, sil er essels, which ZedekiYah the son of YoshiYah kin% of

Yahuda had !ade,

1 BARUCH 1: After that Nebuchadne33ar kin% of Babylon had carried away YeconiYah, and the'rinces, and the ca'ti es, and the !i%hty !en, and the 'eo'le of the land, fro!

Yerusale!, and brou%ht the! unto Babylon#

1 BARUCH 1:14 And they said, Behold, we ha e sent you !oney to buy you burnt offerin%s, and sinofferin%s, and incense, and 're'are you a %rain offerin%, and offer u'on the altar of

YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y7

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1 BARUCH 1:11 And 'ray for the life of Nebuchadne33ar kin% of Babylon, and for the life of Belsha33arhis son, that their days !ay be u'on earth as the days of hea en:

1 BARUCH 1:12 And YAH -H will %i e us stren%th, and li%hten our eyes, and we shall li e under theshadow of Nebuchadne33ar kin% of Babylon, and under the shadow of Belsha33ar his

son, and we shall ser e the! !any days, and find fa or in their si%ht#

1 BARUCH 1:1$8ray for us also unto YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y, for we ha e sinned a%ainst YAH -H our

A5MI6H/Y7 and unto this day the fury of YAH -H and HI* wrath is not turned fro! us#

1 BARUCH 1:1( And you shall read this book which we ha e sent unto you, to !ake confession in thehouse of YAH -H, u'on the feasts and sole!n days#

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And you shall say, /o YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y belon%s ri%hteousness, but unto us theconfusion of faces, as it is co!e to 'ass this day, unto the! of Yahuda, and to theinhabitants of Yerusale!,

1 BARUCH 1:1. And to our kin%s, and to our 'rinces, and to our koheni!, and to our 'ro'hets, and toour fathers:

1 BARUCH 1:109or we ha e sinned before YAH -H,

1 BARUCH 1:1 And disobeyed HIM, and ha e not hearkened unto the oice of YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y,to walk in the co!!and!ents that H- %a e us o'enly:

1 BARUCH 1:1*ince the day that YAH -H brou%ht our forefathers out of the land of -%y't, unto this'resent day, we ha e been disobedient unto YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y, and we ha ebeen ne%li%ent in not hearin% HI* oice#

1 BARUCH 1:24herefore the e ils clea ed unto us, and the curse, which YAH -H a''ointed by

Mosheh HI* ser ant at the ti!e that H- brou%ht our fathers out of the land of -%y't, to%i e us a land that flows with !ilk and honey, like as it is to see this day#

1 BARUCH 1:21Ne ertheless we ha e not hearkened unto the oice of YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y,accordin% unto all the words of the 'ro'hets, who! H- sent unto us:

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1 BARUCH 1:22But e ery !an followed the i!a%ination of his own wicked heart, to ser e stran%e %ods,and to do e il in the si%ht of YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y#

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1 BARUCH 2:1/herefore YAH -H has !ade to HI* ord, which H- 'ronounced a%ainst us, anda%ainst our ud%es that ud%ed Yisrael, and a%ainst our kin%s, and a%ainst our 'rinces,and a%ainst the !en of Yisrael and Yahuda,

1 BARUCH 2:2/o brin% u'on us %reat 'la%ues, such as ne er ha''ened under the whole hea en, as itca!e to 'ass in Yerusale!, accordin% to the thin%s that were written in the /orah ofMosheh7

1 BARUCH 2:$/hat a !an should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own dau%hter#

1 BARUCH 2:(Moreo er H- has deli ered the! to be in sub ection to all the kin%do!s that are roundabout us, to be as a re'roach and desolation a!on% all the 'eo'le round about, where

YAH -H has scattered the!#

1 BARUCH 2:+/hus we were cast down, and not e;alted, because we ha e sinned a%ainst YAH -Hour A5MI6H/Y, and ha e not been obedient unto HI*


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1 BARUCH 2:11 And now, = YAH -H the A5MI6H/Y of Yisrael, that hast brou%ht Y=>? 'eo'le out ofthe land of -%y't with a !i%hty hand, and hi%h ar!, and with si%ns, and with wonders,and with %reat 'ower, and ha e %otten Y=>?*-59 a NAM-, as a''ears this day:

1 BARUCH 2:12= YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y, we ha e sinned, we ha e done wickedly, we ha e dealt

unri%hteously in all Y=>? ordinances#

1 BARUCH 2:1$5et Y=>? wrath turn fro! us: for we are but a few left a!on% the heathen, where Y=>ha e scattered us#

1 BARUCH 2:1(Hear our 'rayers, = YAH -H, and our 'etitions, and deli er us for Y=>? own sake, and%i e us fa or in the si%ht of the! which ha e led us away:

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/hat all the earth !ay know that Y=> are YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y, because Yisrael andHI* 'osterity is called by Y=>? NAM-#

1 BARUCH 2:1.= YAH -H, look down fro! Y=>? @odesh house, and consider us: bow down Y=>?ear, = YAH -H, to hear us#

1 BARUCH 2:10='en Y=>? eyes, and behold7 for the dead that are in the %ra es, whose souls aretaken fro! their bodies, will %i e unto YAH -H neither 'raise nor ri%hteousness:

1 BARUCH 2:1But the soul that is %reatly e;ed, which %oes stoo'in% and feeble, and the eyes thatfail, and the hun%ry soul, will %i e Y=> 'raise and ri%hteousness, = YAH -H#

1 BARUCH 2:1/herefore we do not !ake our hu!ble su''lication before Y=>, = YAH -H our

A5MI6H/Y, for the ri%hteousness of our fathers, and of our kin%s#

1 BARUCH 2:249or Y=> ha e sent out Y=>? wrath and indi%nation u'on us, as Y=> ha e s'oken by

Y=>? ser ants the 'ro'hets, sayin%,

1 BARUCH 2:21/hus saith YAH -H, Bow down your shoulders to ser e the kin% of Babylon: so shallyou re!ain in the land that I %a e unto your fathers#

1 BARUCH 2:22But if you will not hear the


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1 BARUCH 2:2$I will cause to cease out of the cites of Yahudah, and fro! without Yerusale!, the oiceof !irth, and the oice of oy, the oice of the bride%roo!, and the oice of the bride:and the whole land shall be desolate of inhabitants#

1 BARUCH 2:2(But we would not hearken unto Y=>? oice, to ser e the kin% of Babylon: therefore

ha e Y=> !ade to the ords that Y=> s'oke by Y=>? ser ants the 'ro'hets, na!ely,that the bones of our kin%s, and the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their'lace#

1 BARUCH 2:2+ And, lo, they are cast out to the heat of the day, and to the frost of the ni%ht, and theydied in %reat !iseries, by fa!ine, by sword, and by 'estilence#

1 BARUCH 2:2. And the House which is called by Y=>? NAM- ha e Y=> laid waste, as it is to be seenthis day, for the wickedness of the house of Yisrael and the house of Yahuda#

1 BARUCH 2:20= YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y, Y=> ha e dealt with us after all Y=>? to , and accordin% toall that %reat !ercy of Y=>?*,

1 BARUCH 2:2 As Y=> s'oke by Y=>? ser ant Mosheh in the day when Y=> did co!!and hi! towrite the /orah before the children of Yisrael, sayin%,

1 BARUCH 2:2If you will not hear MY


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And I will brin% the! a%ain into the land which I 'ro!ised with an oath unto theirfathers, Abraha!, Yitscha , and Yacob, and they shall be stewards of it: and I willincrease the!, and they shall not be di!inished#

1 BARUCH 2:$+ And I will !ake an e erlastin% co enant with the! to be their A5MI6H/Y, and they shallbe MY 'eo'le: and I will no !ore dri e MY 'eo'le out of Yisrael, the land that I ha e%i en the!#

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1 BARUCH $:1= YAH -H A5MI6H/Y, *o erei%n Master of Yisrael, the soul in an%uish the troubledruach, cries unto Y=>#

1 BARUCH $:2Hear, = YAH -H, and ha e !ercy7 Y=> are !erciful: and ha e 'ity u'on us, becausewe ha e sinned before Y=>#

1 BARUCH $:$9or Y=> endure fore er, and we 'erish utterly#

1 BARUCH $:(= YAH -H A5MI6H/Y, *o erei%n Master of Yisrael, hear now the 'rayers of the dead

Yisraelites, and of their children, which ha e sinned before Y=>, and not hearkenedunto the oice of Y=> their A5MI6H/Y: for the which cause these 'la%ues clea e untous#

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?e!e!ber not the ini uities and in ustice of our forefathers: but think u'on Y=>?'ower and Y=>? NAM- now at this ti!e#

1 BARUCH $:.9or Y=> are YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y, and Y=>, = YAH -H, will we 'raise#

1 BARUCH $:0 And for this cause Y=> ha e 'ut Y=>? fear in our hearts, to the intent that we shouldcall u'on Y=>? NAM-, and 'raise Y=> in our ca'ti ity: for we ha e called to !ind allthe ini uity and in ustice of our forefathers, that sinned before Y=>#

1 BARUCH $:Behold, we are yet this day in our ca'ti ity, where Y=> ha e scattered us, for are'roach and a curse, and to be sub ect to 'ay!ents, accordin% to all the ini uities andin ustice of our fathers, which de'arted fro! YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y#

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1 BARUCH $:Hear, Yisrael, the co!!and!ents of 5ife: %i e ear to understand wisdo!#

1 BARUCH $:14How ha''ens it Yisrael, that you are in your ene!ies) land, that you are wa;en old in astran%e country, that you are defiled with the dead,

1 BARUCH $:11/hat you are counted with the! that %o down into the %ra e

1 BARUCH $:12 You ha e forsaken the fountain of wisdo!#

1 BARUCH $:1$9or if you had walked in the way of YAH -H, you should ha e dwelled in shalo!fore er#

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5earn where is wisdo!, where is stren%th, where is understandin%7 that you !ay knowalso where is len%th of days, and 5ife, where is the 5i%ht of the eyes, and shalo!#

1 BARUCH $:1+ho has found out her 'lace =r who has co!e into her treasures

1 BARUCH $:1.here are the 'rinces of the heathen beco!e, and such as ruled the beasts u'on the

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/hey that had their 'asti!e with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded u' sil erand %old, wherein !en trust, and !ade no end of their %ettin%

1 BARUCH $:19or they that worked in sil er, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,

1 BARUCH $:1/hey are anished and %one down to the %ra e, and others are co!e u' in their steads#

1 BARUCH $:24 Youn% !en ha e seen li%ht, and dwelt u'on the earth: but the way of knowled%e ha ethey not known,

1 BARUCH $:21Nor understood the 'aths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were afar off fro!that way#

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1 BARUCH $:22It has not been heard of in "anaan, neither has it been seen in /he!an#

1 BARUCH $:2$/he sons of Ha%ar that seek wisdo! and understandin% on the earth, the !erchants ofMerran and of /e!an, the authors of fables, and seekers out of understandin%7 none ofthese ha e known the way of wisdo!, or re!e!ber her 'aths#

1 BARUCH $:2(= Yisrael, how %reat is the House of YAH -HC and how lar%e is the 'lace of HI*'ossessionC

1 BARUCH $:2+6reat, and has no end7 hi%h, and un!easurable#

1 BARUCH $:2./here were the %iants fa!ous fro! the be%innin%, that were of so %reat stature, and soe;'ert in war#

1 BARUCH $:20/hose did not YAH -H choose, neither %a e H- the way of knowled%e unto the!:

1 BARUCH $:2But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdo!, and 'erished throu%h their ownfoolishness#

1 BARUCH $:2ho has %one u' into hea en, and taken her, and brou%ht her down fro! the clouds

1 BARUCH $:$4ho has %one o er the sea, and found her, and will brin% her for 'ure %old

1 BARUCH $:$1No !an knows her way, nor think of her 'ath#

1 BARUCH $:$2But H- that knows all thin%s knows her, and has found her out with HI* understandin%:H- that 're'ared the earth for e er!ore has filled it with fourfooted beasts:

1 BARUCH $:$$H- that sends forth 5i%ht, and it %oes, calls it a%ain, and it obeys HIM with fear#

1 BARUCH $:$(/he stars shined in their watches, and re oiced: when H- calls the!, they say, Here webe7 and so with cheerfulness they show li%ht unto YAH -H that !ade the!#

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/his is YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y, and there shall none other be accounted of inco!'arison of HIM

1 BARUCH $:$.H- has found out all the way of knowled%e, and has %i en it unto Yacob HI* ser ant,and to Yisrael HI* belo ed#

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Afterward did H- show HIM*-59 u'on earth, and con ersed with !en#

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1 BARUCH (:1/his is the book of the co!!and!ents of YAH -H, and the /orah that enduresfore er: all they that kee' it shall co!e to 5ife7 but such as lea e it shall die#

1 BARUCH (:2/urn you, = Yacob, and take hold of it: walk in the 'resence of the 5i%ht thereof, thatyou !ay be illu!inated#

1 BARUCH (:$6i e not your honor to another, nor the thin%s that are 'rofitable unto you to a stran%enation#

1 BARUCH (:(= Yisrael, ha''y are we: for thin%s that are 'leasin% to YAH -H are !ade known untous#

1 BARUCH (:+Be of to cheer, MY 'eo'le, the !e!orial of Yisrael#

1 BARUCH (:. You were sold to the nations, not for your destruction: but because you !o ed YAH -Hto wrath, you were deli ered unto the ene!ies#

1 BARUCH (:09or you 'ro oked HIM that !ade you by sacrificin% unto de ils, and not to YAH -H#

1 BARUCH (: You ha e for%otten the e erlastin% YAH -H, that brou%ht you u'7 and you ha e%rie ed Yerusale!, that nursed you#

1 BARUCH (:9or when she saw the wrath of YAH -H co!in% u'on you, she said, Hearken, = youthat dwell about Zion: YAH -H has brou%ht u'on !e %reat !ournin%7

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9or I saw the ca'ti ity of !y sons and dau%hters, which the - erlastin% YAH -Hbrou%ht u'on the!#

1 BARUCH (:11ith oy did I nourish the!7 but sent the! away with wee'in% and !ournin%#

1 BARUCH (:125et no !an re oice o er !e, a widow, and forsaken of !any, who for the sins of !y

children a! left desolate7 because they de'arted fro! the /orah of YAH -H#

1 BARUCH (:1$/hey knew not HI* statutes, nor walked in the ways of HI* co!!and!ents, nor trod inthe 'aths of disci'line in HI* ri%hteousness#

1 BARUCH (:1(5et the! that dwell about Zion co!e, and re!e!ber you the ca'ti ity of !y sons anddau%hters, which the - erlastin% YAH -H has brou%ht u'on the!#

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9or H- has brou%ht a nation u'on the! fro! far, a sha!eless nation, and of a stran%elan%ua%e, who neither re erenced old !an, nor 'itied child#

1 BARUCH (:1./hese ha e carried away the dear belo ed children of the widow, and left her that wasalone desolate without dau%hters#

1 BARUCH (:10But what can I hel' you

1 BARUCH (:19or H- that brou%ht these 'la%ues u'on you will deli er you fro! the hands of yourene!ies#

1 BARUCH (:16o your way, = !y children, %o your way: for I a! left desolate#

1 BARUCH (:24I ha e 'ut off the clothin% of shalo!, and 'ut u'on !e the sackcloth of !y 'rayer: I willcry unto the - erlastin% YAH -H in !y days#

1 BARUCH (:21Be of to cheer, = !y children, cry unto YAH -H, and H- will deli er you fro! the'ower and hand of the ene!ies#

1 BARUCH (:229or !y ho'e is in the - erlastin% YAH -H, that H- will sa e you7 and oy is co!e unto!e fro! the @odesh =ne, because of the !ercy which shall soon co!e unto you fro!the - erlastin% our Deli erer#

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1 BARUCH (:2$9or I sent you out with !ournin% and wee'in%: but YAH -H will %i e you to !e a%ainwith oy and %ladness fore er#

1 BARUCH (:2(5ike as now the nei%hbors of Zion ha e seen your ca'ti ity: so shall they see shortlyyour deli erance fro! YAH -H our A5MI6H/Y which shall co!e u'on you with %reat

s'lendor, and bri%htness of the - erlastin% YAH -H#

1 BARUCH (:2+My children, suffer 'atiently the wrath that is co!e u'on you fro! YAH -H A5MI6H/Y:for your ene!y has 'ersecuted you7 but shortly you shall see his destruction, and shalltread u'on his neck#

1 BARUCH (:2.My delicate ones ha e %one rou%h ways, and were taken away as a flock cau%ht of theene!ies#

1 BARUCH (:20Be of to co!fort, = !y children, and cry unto YAH -H: for you shall be re!e!beredof HIM that brou%ht these thin%s u'on you#

1 BARUCH (:29or as it was your !ind to %o astray fro! YAH -H: so, bein% returned, seek HIM tenti!es !ore#

1 BARUCH (:29or H- that has brou%ht these 'la%ues u'on you shall brin% you e erlastin% oy withyour deli erance#

1 BARUCH (:$4/ake a to heart, = Yerusale!: for H- that %a e you that NAM- will co!fort you#

1 BARUCH (:$1Miserable are they that afflicted you, and re oiced at your fall#

1 BARUCH (:$2Miserable are the cities which your children ser ed: !iserable is she that recei ed yoursons#

1 BARUCH (:$$9or as she re oiced at your ruin, and was %lad of your fall: so shall she be %rie ed forher own desolation#

1 BARUCH (:$(9or I will take away the re oicin% of her %reat !ultitude, and her 'ride shall be turnedinto !ournin%#

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1 BARUCH (:$+9or fire shall co!e u'on her fro! the - erlastin% YAH -H, lon% to endure7 and sheshall be inhabited of de ils for a %reat ti!e#

1 BARUCH (:$.= Yerusale!, look about you toward the east, and behold the oy that co!es unto youfro! YAH -H#

1 BARUCH (:$05o, your sons co!e, who! you sent away, they co!e %athered to%ether fro! the eastto the west by the ord of the @odesh =ne, re oicin% in the s'lendor of YAH -H#

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1 BARUCH +:18ut off, = Yerusale!, the %ar!ent of !ournin% and affliction, and 'ut on the co!elinessof the s'lendor that co!es fro! YAH -H fore er#

1 BARUCH +:2"ast about you a double %ar!ent of the ri%hteousness which co!es fro! YAH -H7 andset a diade! on your head of the s'lendor of the - erlastin% YAH -H#

1 BARUCH +:$9or YAH -H will show your s'lendor to e ery country under hea en#

1 BARUCH +:(9or your na!e shall be called by YAH -H A5MI6H/Y fore er, E/he shalo! ofri%hteousness, and /he s'lendor of A5MI6H/Y)s worshi'#

1 BARUCH +:+ Arise, = Yerusale!, and stand on hi%h, and look about toward the east, and behold yourchildren %athered fro! the west unto the east by the ord of the @odesh =ne, re oicin%in the re!e!brance of YAH -H#

1 BARUCH +:.9or they de'arted fro! you on foot, and were led away of their ene!ies: but YAH -Hbrin%s the! to you e;alted with s'lendor, as children of the @in%do!#

1 BARUCH +:09or YAH -H has a''ointed that e ery hi%h hill, and banks of lon% continuance, shouldbe cast down, and alleys filled u', to !ake e en the %round, that Yisrael !ay %o safelyin the s'lendor of YAH -H,

1 BARUCH +:Moreo er e en the woods and e ery sweets!ellin% tree shall o ershadow Yisrael by theco!!and!ent of YAH -H#

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1 BARUCH +:9or YAH -H shall lead Yisrael with oy in the 5i%ht of HI* s'lendor with the !ercy andri%hteousness that co!es fro! HIM#

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The Letter of YermeY h To B r!"h O# The F $se %ods Of B &y$o#

1 BARUCH .:1 A co'y of an e'istle, which Yer!eYah sent unto the! which were to be led ca'ti es intoBabylon by the kin% of the Babylonians, to certify the!, as it was co!!anded hi! of

YAH -H#

1 BARUCH .:2Because of the sins which you ha e co!!itted before YAH -H, you shall be led awayca'ti es into Babylon by Nebuchadne33ar kin% of the Babylonians#

1 BARUCH .:$*o when you co!e to Babylon, you shall re!ain there !any years, and for a lon%season, na!ely, se en %enerations: and after that I will brin% you away 'eaceably fro!there#

1 BARUCH .:(Now shall you see in Babylon %ods of sil er, and of %old, and of wood, borne u'onshoulders, which cause the nations to fear#

1 BARUCH .:+Beware therefore that you in no wise be like to stran%ers, neither be you and of the!,when you see the !ultitude before the! and behind the!, worshi''in% the!#

1 BARUCH .:.But say you in your hearts, = YAH -H, we !ust worshi' Y=>#

1 BARUCH .:09or MY !alak is with you, and I !yself carin% for your souls#

1 BARUCH .: As for their ton%ue, it is 'olished by the work!an, and they the!sel es are %ilded andlaid o er with sil er7 yet are they but false, and cannot s'eak#

1 BARUCH .: And takin% %old, as it were for a ir%in that lo es to %o %ay, they !ake crowns for theheads of their %ods#

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*o!eti!es also the 'riests con ey fro! their %ods %old and sil er, and bestow it u'onthe!sel es#

1 BARUCH .:11 Yes, they will %i e thereof to the co!!on harlots, and deck the! as !en with%ar!ents, bein% %ods of sil er, and %ods of %old, and wood#

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Yet cannot these %ods sa e the!sel es fro! rust and !oth, thou%h they be co eredwith 'ur'le rai!ent#

1 BARUCH .:1$/hey wi'e their faces because of the dust of the te!'le, when there is !uch u'onthe!#

1 BARUCH .:1( And he that cannot 'ut to death one that offends hi! holds a sce'tre, as thou%h hewere a ud%e of the country#

1 BARUCH .:1+He has also in his ri%ht hand a da%%er and an a;: but cannot deli er hi!self fro! warand thie es#

1 BARUCH .:1.hereby they are known not to be YAH -H: therefore fear the! not#

1 BARUCH .:109or like as a essel that a !an uses is nothin% worth when it is broken7 e en so it is withtheir %ods: when they be set u' in the te!'le, their eyes be full of dust throu%h the feetof the! that co!e in#

1 BARUCH .:1 And as the doors are !ade sure on e ery side u'on hi! that offends the kin%, as bein%co!!itted to suffer death: e en so the 'riests !ake fast their te!'les with doors, withlocks, and bars, lest their %ods be s'oiled with robbers#

1 BARUCH .:1/hey li%ht the! candles, yes, !ore than for the!sel es, whereof they cannot see one#

1 BARUCH .:24/hey are as one of the bea!s of the te!'le, yet they say their hearts are %nawed u'onby thin%s cree'in% out of the earth7 and when they eat the! and their clothes, they feelit not#

1 BARUCH .:21/heir faces are blacked throu%h the s!oke that co!es out of the te!'le#

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1 BARUCH .:22>'on their bodies and heads sit bats, swallows, and birds, and the cats also#

1 BARUCH .:2$By this you !ay know that they are not YAH -H: therefore fear the! not#

1 BARUCH .:2(

Notwithstandin% the %old that is about the! to !ake the! beautiful, e;ce't they wi'eoff the rust, they will not shine: for neither when they were !olten did they feel it#

1 BARUCH .:2+/he thin%s wherein there is no breath are bou%ht for a ery hi%h 'rice#

1 BARUCH .:2./hey are borne u'on shoulders, ha in% no feet whereby they declare unto !en thatthey be nothin% worth#

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/hey also that ser e the! are asha!ed: for if they fall to the %round at any ti!e, theycannot rise u' a%ain of the!sel es: neither, if one set the! u'ri%ht, can they !o e ofthe!sel es: neither, if they be bowed down, can they !ake the!sel es strai%ht: butthey set %ifts before the! as unto dead !en#

1 BARUCH .:2 As for the thin%s that are sacrificed unto the!, their 'riests sell and abuse7 in like!anner their wi es lay u' 'art thereof in salt7 but unto the 'oor and i!'otent they %i enothin% of it#

1 BARUCH .:2Menstruous wo!en and wo!en in childbed eat their sacrifices: by these thin%s you !ayknow that they are not YAH -H: fear the! not#

1 BARUCH .:$49or how can they be called %ods because wo!en set !eat before the %ods of sil er,%old, and wood#

1 BARUCH .:$1 And the 'riests sit in their te!'les, ha in% their clothes rent, and their heads and beardssha en, and nothin% u'on their heads#

1 BARUCH .:$2/hey roar and cry before their %ods, as !en do at the feast when one is dead#

1 BARUCH .:$$/he 'riests also take off their %ar!ents, and clothe their wi es and children#

1 BARUCH .:$(

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hether it be e il that one does unto the!, or to , they are not able to reco!'ense it:they can neither set u' a kin%, nor 'ut hi! down#

1 BARUCH .:$+In like !anner, they can neither %i e riches nor !oney: thou%h a !an !ake a ow untothe!, and kee' it not, they will not re uire it#

1 BARUCH .:$.

/hey can sa e no !an fro! death, neither deli er the weak fro! the !i%hty#

1 BARUCH .:$0/hey cannot restore a blind !an to his si%ht, nor hel' any !an in his distress#

1 BARUCH .:$/hey can show no !ercy to the widow, nor do to to the fatherless#

1 BARUCH .:$/heir %ods of wood, and which are o erlaid with %old and sil er, are like the stones thatbe hewn out of the !ountain: they that worshi' the! shall be confounded#

1 BARUCH .:(4How should a !an then think and say that they are %ods, when e en the "haldeansthe!sel es dishonor the!

1 BARUCH .:(1ho if they shall see one du!b that cannot s'eak, they brin% hi!, and intreat Bel that

he !ay s'eak, as thou%h he were able to understand#

1 BARUCH .:(2 Yet they cannot understand this the!sel es, and lea e the!: for they ha e noknowled%e#

1 BARUCH .:($/he wo!en also with cords about the!, sittin% in the ways, burn bran for 'erfu!e: butif any of the!, drawn by so!e that 'asses by, lie with hi!, she re'roaches her fellow,that she was not thou%ht as worthy as herself, nor her cord broken#

1 BARUCH .:((hatsoe er is done a!on% the! is false: how !ay it then be thou%ht or said that they

are %ods

1 BARUCH .:(+/hey are !ade of car'enters and %olds!iths: they can be nothin% else than thework!en will ha e the! to be#

1 BARUCH .:(. And they the!sel es that !ade the! can ne er continue lon%7 how should then thethin%s that are !ade of the! be %ods

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1 BARUCH .:(09or they left lies and re'roaches to the! that co!e after#

1 BARUCH .:(9or when there co!es any war or 'la%ue u'on the!, the 'riests consult withthe!sel es, where they !ay be hidden with the!#

1 BARUCH .:(How then cannot !en 'ercei e that they be not YAH -H, which can neither sa ethe!sel es fro! war, nor fro! 'la%ue

1 BARUCH .:+49or seein% they be but of wood, and o erlaid with sil er and %old, it shall be knownhereafter that they are false:

1 BARUCH .:+1 And it shall !anifestly a''ear to all nations and kin%s that they are not YAH -H, butthe works of !en)s hands, and that there is no work of YAH -H in the!#

1 BARUCH .:+2ho then !ay not know that they are not YAH -H

1 BARUCH .:+$9or neither can they set u' a kin% in the land, nor %i e rain unto !en#

1 BARUCH .:+(Neither can they ud%e their own cause, nor redress a wron%, bein% unable: for they areas crows between hea en and earth#

1 BARUCH .:++hereu'on when fire falls u'on the house of %ods of wood, or laid o er with %old or

sil er, their 'riests will flee away, and esca'e7 but they the!sel es shall be burnedasunder like bea!s#

1 BARUCH .:+.Moreo er they cannot withstand any kin% or ene!ies: how can it then be thou%ht orsaid that they be YAH -H

1 BARUCH .:+0Neither are those %ods of wood, and laid o er with sil er or %old, able to esca'e eitherfro! thie es or robbers#

1 BARUCH .:+hose %old, and sil er, and %ar!ents wherewith they are clothed, they that are stron%

take, and %o away withal: neither are they able to hel' the!sel es#

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/herefore it is better to be a kin% that shows his 'ower, or else a 'rofitable essel in ahouse, which the owner shall ha e use of, than such false %ods7 or to be a door in ahouse, to kee' such thin%s therein, than such false %ods, or a 'illar of wood in a a'alace, than such false %ods#

1 BARUCH .:.49or sun, !oon, and stars, bein% bri%ht and sent to do their offices, are obedient#

1 BARUCH .:.1In like !anner the li%htnin% when it breaks forth is easy to be seen7 and after the sa!e!anner the wind blows in e ery country#

1 BARUCH .:.2 And when YAH -H co!!ands the clouds to %o o er the whole world, they do as theyare bidden#

1 BARUCH .:.$ And the fire sent fro! abo e to consu!e hills and woods does as it is co!!anded: butthese are like unto the! neither in show nor 'ower#

1 BARUCH .:.(herefore it is neither to be su''osed nor said that they are YAH -H, seein%, they are

able neither to ud%e causes, nor to do to unto !en#

1 BARUCH .:.+@nowin% therefore that they are not YAH -H, fear the! not,

1 BARUCH .:..9or they can neither curse nor bless kin%s:

1 BARUCH .:.0Neither can they show si%ns in the hea ens a!on% the heathen, nor shine as the sun,nor %i e li%ht as the !oon#

1 BARUCH .:./he beasts are better than they: for they can %et under a co er and hel' the!sel es#

1 BARUCH .:.It is then by no !eans !anifest unto us that they are not YAH -H: therefore fear the!not#

1 BARUCH .:049or as a scarecrow in a %arden of cucu!bers kee's nothin%: so are their %ods of wood,and laid o er with sil er and %old#

1 BARUCH .:01 And likewise their %ods of wood, and laid o er with sil er and %old, are like to a white

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thorn in an orchard, that e ery bird sits u'on7 as also to a dead body, that is east intothe dark#

1 BARUCH .:02 And you shall not know the! to be YAH -H by the bri%ht 'ur'le that rots u'on the!,and they the!sel es afterward shall be eaten, and shall be a re'roach in the country#

1 BARUCH .:0$

Better therefore is the ust !an that has no idols: for he shall be far fro! re'roach#

Shalom

Blessed are they that do the word of YAH -H#

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