USB ~ Baruch 5

1 Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on forever the splendor of glory from God: a

2 Wrapped in the mantle of justice from God, place on your head the diadem of the glory of the Eternal One. b

3 For God will show your splendor to all under the heavens;

4 you will be named by God forever: the peace of justice, the glory of God’s worship. c

5 Rise up, Jerusalem! stand upon the heights; look to the east and see your children Gathered from east to west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that they are remembered by God.

6 Led away on foot by their enemies they left you: but God will bring them back to you carried high in glory as on royal thrones. d

7 For God has commanded that every lofty mountain and the age-old hills be made low, That the valleys be filled to make level ground, that Israel may advance securely in the glory of God. e

8 The forests and every kind of fragrant tree have overshadowed Israel at God’s command; f

9 For God is leading Israel in joy by the light of his glory, with the mercy and justice that are his.

Footnotes

5:1 Is 52:1.
5:2 Ex 39:30; Wis 18:24; Is 61:10; 62:3.
5:4 Is 1:26; 32:17; Jer 33:16.
5:6 Is 49:22.
5:7 Is 40:3-4.
5:8 Is 41:19.

Footnotes

IV. LETTER OF JEREMIAH