Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Why is it, Israel, that you find yourself in an enemy land? Why have you grown old in a foreign country? You are ritually unclean, like the dead; Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge How happeneth it, O Israel, that thou art in thy enemies' land? Baruch 3:8And behold we are at this day in our captivity, whereby thou hast scattered us to be a reproach, and a curse, and an offence, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, who departed from thee, O Lord our God. Baruch 3:9 Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear, that thou mayst learn wisdom. Baruch 3:11 Thou art grown old in a strange country, thou art defiled with the dead: thou art counted with them that go down into hell. Baruch 3:12 Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom: Context Baruch 3…9Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear, that thou mayst learn wisdom. 10How happeneth it, O Israel, that thou art in thy enemies' land? 11Thou art grown old in a strange country, thou art defiled with the dead: thou art counted with them that go down into hell.… Cross References Baruch 3:8 And behold we are at this day in our captivity, whereby thou hast scattered us to be a reproach, and a curse, and an offence, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, who departed from thee, O Lord our God. Baruch 3:9 Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear, that thou mayst learn wisdom. Baruch 3:11 Thou art grown old in a strange country, thou art defiled with the dead: thou art counted with them that go down into hell. Baruch 3:12 Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom: |
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