The Word Am I

The Book of Baruch

World English Bible Catholic :: King James Version

- Chapter 3 -

They pray for mercy, acknowledging that they are justly punished for forsaking true wisdom. A prophecy of Christ.

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O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, the soul in anguish and the troubled spirit cries to you.
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Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; for you are a merciful God. Yes, have mercy upon us, because we have sinned before you.
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For you are enthroned forever, and we keep perishing.
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O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead Israelites, and of the children of those who were sinners before you, who didn’t listen to the voice of you their God; because of this, these plagues cling to us.
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Don’t remember the iniquities of our fathers, but remember your power and your name at this time.
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For you are the Lord our God, and we will praise you, O Lord.
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For this cause, you have put your fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon your name. We will praise you in our captivity, for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our fathers who sinned before you.
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Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity where you have scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to penalty according to all the iniquities of our fathers who departed from the Lord our God.
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Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life! Give ear to understand wisdom!
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How is it, O Israel, that you are in your enemies’ land, that you have become old in a strange country, that you are defiled with the dead,
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that you are counted with those who are in Hades?
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You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
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If you had walked in the way of God, you would have dwelled in peace forever.
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Learn where there is wisdom, where there is strength, and where there is understanding, that you may also know where there is length of days and life, where there is the light of the eyes and peace.
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Who has found out her place? Who has come into her treasuries?
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Where are the princes of the heathen, and those who ruled the beasts that are on the earth,
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those who had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and those who hoarded up silver and gold, in which people trust, and of their getting there is no end?
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For those who diligently sought silver, and were so anxious, and whose works are past finding out,
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they have vanished and gone down to Hades, and others have come up in their place.
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Younger men have seen the light and lived upon the earth, but they haven’t known the way of knowledge,
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nor understood its paths. Their children haven’t embraced it. They are far off from their way.
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It has not been heard of in Canaan, neither has it been seen in Teman.
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The sons also of Agar who seek understanding, which are in the land, the merchants of Merran and Teman, and the authors of fables, and the searchers out of understanding—none of these have known the way of wisdom or remembered her paths.
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O Israel, how great is the house of God! How large is the place of his possession!
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It is great and has no end. It is high and unmeasurable.
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Giants were born that were famous of old, great of stature, and expert in war.
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God didn’t choose these, nor did he give the way of knowledge to them,
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so they perished, because they had no wisdom. They perished through their own foolishness.
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Who has gone up into heaven, taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
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Who has gone over the sea, found her, and will bring her for choice gold?
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There is no one who knows her way, nor any who comprehend her path.
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But he that knows all things knows her, he found her out with his understanding. He who prepared the earth for all time has filled it with four-footed beasts.
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It is he who sends forth the light, and it goes. He called it, and it obeyed him with fear.
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The stars shone in their watches, and were glad. When he called them, they said, “Here we are.” They shone with gladness to him who made them.
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This is our God. No other can be compared to him.
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He has found out all the way of knowledge, and has given it to Jacob his servant and to Israel who is loved by him.
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Afterward she appeared upon earth, and lived with men.

They pray for mercy, acknowledging that they are justly punished for forsaking true wisdom. A prophecy of Christ.

1
O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.
2
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; art thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee.
3
For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.
4
O Lord Almighty, thou God of Israel, hear now the prayers of the dead Israelites, and of their children, which have sinned before thee, and not hearkened unto the voice of thee their God: for the which cause these plagues cleave unto us.
5
Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.
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For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, O Lord, will we praise.
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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.
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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.
9
Hear, Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.
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,
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That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?
12
Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
13
For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.
14
Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.
15
Who hath found out her place? or who hath come into her treasures ?
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Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;
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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?
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For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,
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They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.
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Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,
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Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.
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It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.
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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.
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O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
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Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.
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There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.
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Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:
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But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.
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Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
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Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?
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No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.
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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:
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He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.
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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.
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This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him
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He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.
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Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.