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Baruch 1:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" You shall say: To the Lord our God belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, "
Baruch 1:15
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13 Pray for us also to the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God. To this day the wrath of the Lord and his indignation is not turned from us.
14 You shall read this book which we have sent to you, to make confession in the house of the Lord upon the day of the feast and on the days of the solemn assembly.
15 You shall say: To the Lord our God belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
16 to our kings, to our princes, to our priests, to our prophets, and to our fathers,
17 because we have sinned before the Lord.
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Baruch 1:1
"These are the words of the book which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maaseas, the son of Sedekias, the son of Asadias, the son of Helkias, wrote in Babylon,"
Baruch 1:2
"in the fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time when the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and burned it with fire."
Baruch 1:3
"Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joakim king of Judah, and in the hearing of all the people who came to hear the book,"
Baruch 1:4
"and in the hearing of the mighty men, and of the kings’ sons, and in the hearing of the elders, and in the hearing of all the people, from the least to the greatest, even of all those who lived at Babylon by the river Sud."
Baruch 1:5
"Then they wept, fasted, and prayed before the Lord."
Baruch 1:6
"They also made a collection of money according to every man’s ability;"
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