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Baruch 4:15 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For he has brought a nation upon them from afar, a shameless nation with a strange language, who didn’t respect old men or pity children. "
Baruch 4:15
Verse in Context
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13 and had no regard for his statutes. They didn’t walk in the ways of God’s commandments or tread in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.
14 Let those who dwell near Zion come and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them.
15 For he has brought a nation upon them from afar, a shameless nation with a strange language, who didn’t respect old men or pity children.
16 They have carried away the dear beloved sons of the widow, and left her who was alone desolate of her daughters.”
17 But I—how can I help you?
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Baruch 4:1
"This is the book of God’s commandments and the law that endures forever. All those who hold it fast will live, but those who leave it will die."
Baruch 4:2
"Turn, O Jacob, and take hold of it. Walk toward the shining of its light."
Baruch 4:3
"Don’t give your glory to another, nor the things that are to your advantage to a foreign nation."
Baruch 4:4
"O Israel, we are happy; for the things that are pleasing to God are made known to us."
Baruch 4:5
"Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel."
Baruch 4:6
"You were not sold to the nations for destruction, but because you moved God to wrath, you were delivered to your adversaries."
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