Baruch

6 chapters

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1. 1The Jews in Babylon having heard Baruch's book read, 6. send the same, with money to Jerusalem, 10. requesting their brethren there to offer sacrifice, and to pray, for the king and prince of Babylon; and for them, 15. acknowledging their manifold sins.
2. 2The same captives further confess, that their calamities are justly come upon them for their iniquities, 11. and therefore lamentably pray for God's mercy, as he promised by Moyses to penitents.
3. 3With further confession of their sins, 8. they acknowledge their just captivity: 12. because they have left true wisdom: 16. which was given to their fathers: 23. not to rich men, or mighty giants, 29. but to those that serve God. 34. whom the stars obey. 36. with a clear prophecy of Christ.
4. 4God's people neglecting his grace offered to them, more than to other nations, 6. are severely punished, 15. by captivity: 18. but are reserved 22. and repenting shall be released: 31. and their enemies destroyed.
5. 5A consolatory prophecy to Jerusalem, that her children shall be reduced with joy from captivity.
6. 6Jeremias by his epistle forewarneth the Jews, that they shall be captives in Babylon: and after seventy years shall be released: 3. exhorting them, at that time to avoid idolatry: 7. largely showing the vanity of idols.