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Baruch 3:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

Baruch 3:8

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6 For you are the Lord our God, and we will praise you, O Lord.

7 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.

8 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.

9 Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life! Give ear to understand wisdom!

10 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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Baruch 3:1

"O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, the soul in anguish and the troubled spirit cries to you."

Baruch 3:2

"Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; for you are a merciful God. Yes, have mercy upon us, because we have sinned before you."

Baruch 3:3

"For you are enthroned forever, and we keep perishing."

Baruch 3:4

"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."

Baruch 3:5

"Don’t remember the iniquities of our fathers, but remember your power and your name at this time."

Baruch 3:6

"For you are the Lord our God, and we will praise you, O Lord."

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