,this e,book was produced by ,david     
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,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,baruch          
,,baruch was a man of noble extraction1 
and learned in the law1 secretary  and  
disciple to the prophet ,,jeremias1 and 
a sharer in his labours and             
persecutions3 which is the reason why   

the ancient fathers have  considered    
this book as a part of the prophecy of  
,,jeremias1 and have  usually quoted it 
under his name4      ,baruch ,chapter #a
    ,the ,jews of ,babylon send the book
 of ,baruch with money to ,jerusalem1   
requesting their brethren there to offer
 sacrifice1 and to pray for the  king   
and for them1 acknowledging their       
manifold sins4    #a3a4 ,and these are  
the words of the book1 which ,baruch the
 son of  ,nerias1 the son of ,maasias1  
the son of ,sedecias1 the son of ,sedei1
 the  son ,helcias1 wrote in ,babylonia4
    #a3b4 ,in the fifth year1 in the    
seventh day of the month1 at the time   
that the ,chaldeans took ,jerusalem1 and
 burnt it with fire4    #a3c4 ,and      
,baruch read the words of this book in  
the hearing of ,jechonias  the son of   
,joakim king of ,juda1 and in the       
hearing of all the people  that came to 
hear the book4    #a3d4 ,and in the     
hearing of the nobles1 the sons of the  
kings1 and in the  hearing of the       

ancients1 and in the hearing of the     
people1 from the  least even to the     
greatest of them that dwelt in          
,babylonia1 by the river  ,sedi4        
#a3e4 ,and when they heard it they wept1
 and fasted1 and prayed before the      
,lord4    #a3f4 ,and they made a        
collection of money according to every  
man's power4    #a3g4 ,and they sent it 
to ,jerusalem to ,joakim the priest1 the
 son of  ,helcias1 the son of ,salom1   
and to the priests1 and to all the      
people1  that were found with him in    
,jerusalem3    #a3h4 ,at the time when  
he received the vessels of the temple of
 the ,lord1  which had been taken away  
out of the temple1 to return them into  
the  land of ,juda the tenth day of the 
month ,sivan1 the silver vessels1 which 
,sedecias the son of ,josias king of    
,juda had made1    #a3i4 ,after that    
,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon had
 carried away  ,jechonias1 and the      
princes1 and all the powerful men1 and  
the people of  the land from ,jerusalem1

 and brought them bound to ,babylon4    
#a3aj4 ,and they said3 ,behold we have  
sent you money1 buy with it  holocausts1
 and frankincense1 and make meat        
offerings1 and offerings for  sin at the
 altar of the ,lord our ,god3    #a3aa4 
,and pray ye for the life of            
,nabuchodonosor the king of ,babylon1   
and for the life of ,balthasar his son1 
that their days may be upon earth  as   
the days of heaven3    #a3ab4 ,and that 
the ,lord may give us strength1 and     
enlighten our eyes1  that we may live   
under the shadow of ,nabuchodonosor the 
king of ,babylon1  and under the shadow 
of ,balthasar his son1 and may serve    
them many days1  and may find favour in 
their sight4    #a3ac4 ,and pray ye for 
us to the ,lord our ,god3 for we have   
sinned against  the ,lord our ,god1 and 
his wrath is not turned away from us    
even to this  day4    #a3ad4 ,and read  
ye this book1 which we have sent to you 
to be read in the  temple of the ,lord1 
on feasts1 and proper days4    #a3ae4   

,and you shall say3 ,to the ,lord our   
,god belongeth justice1 but to  us      
confusion of our face3 as it is come to 
pass at this day to all ,juda1  and to  
the inhabitants of ,jerusalem1    #a3af4
 ,to our kings1 and to our princes1 and 
to our priests1 and to our  prophets1   
and to our fathers4    #a3ag4 ,we have  
sinned before the ,lord our ,god1 and   
have not believed him1  nor put our     
trust in him3    #a3ah4 ,and we were not
 obedient to him1 and we have not       
hearkened to the  voice of the ,lord our
 ,god1 to walk in his commandments which
 he hath  given us4    #a3ai4 ,from the 
day that he brought our fathers out of  
the land of ,egypt1  even to this day1  
we were disobedient to the ,lord our    
,god3 and going  astray we turned away  
from hearing his voice4    #a3bj4 ,and  
many evils have cleaved to us1 and the  
curses which the ,lord  foretold by     
,moses his servant3 who brought our     
fathers out of the land  of ,egypt1 to  
give us a land flowing with milk and    

honey1 as at this day4    #a3ba4 ,and we
 have not hearkened to the voice of the 
,lord our ,god  according to all the    
words of the prophets whom he sent to   
us3    #a3bb4 ,and we have gone away    
every man after the inclinations of his 
own  wicked heart1 to serve strange     
gods1 and to do evil in the sight of the
  ,lord our ,god4    ,baruch ,chapter #b
    ,a further confession of the sins of
 the people1 and of the justice of      
,god4    #b3a4 ,wherefore the ,lord our 
,god hath made good his word1 that he   
spoke  to us1 and to our judges that    
have judged ,israel1 and to our kings1  
and  to our princes1 and to all ,israel 
and ,juda3    #b3b4 ,that the ,lord     
would bring upon us great evils1 such as
 never  happened under heaven1 as they  
have come to pass in ,jerusalem1        
according  to the things that are       
written in the law of ,moses3    #b3c4  
,that a man should eat the flesh of his 
own son1 and the flesh of  his own      
daughter4    #b3d4 ,and he hath         

delivered them up to be under the hand  
of all the kings  that are round about  
us1 to be a reproach1 and desolation    
among all the  people1 among whom the   
,lord hath scattered us4    #b3e4 ,and  
we are brought under1 and are not       
uppermost3 because we have  sinned      
against the ,lord our ,god1 by not      
obeying his voice4    #b3f4 ,to the     
,lord our ,god belongeth justice3 but to
 us1 and to our  fathers confusion of   
face1 as at this day4    #b3g4 ,for the 
,lord hath pronounced against us all    
these evils that are  come upon us3     
#b3h4 ,and we have not entreated the    
face of the ,lord our ,god1 that we     
might return every one of us from our   
most wicked ways4    #b3i4 ,and the     
,lord hath watched over us for evil1 and
 hath brought it  upon us3 for the ,lord
 is just in all his works which he hath 
commanded  us3    #b3aj4 ,and we have   
not hearkened to his voice to walk in   
the commandments  of the ,lord which he 
hath set before us4    #b3aa4 ,and now1 

,o ,lord ,god of ,israel1 who hast      
brought thy people out of  the land of  
,egypt with a strong hand1 and with     
signs1 and with wonders1  and with thy  
great power1 and with a mighty arm1 and 
hast made thee a  name as at this day1  
#b3ab4 ,we have sinned1 we have done    
wickedly1 we have acted unjustly1 ,o    
,lord our ,god1 against all thy         
justices4    #b3ac4 ,let thy wrath be   
turned away from us3 for we are left a  
few among  the nations where thou hast  
scattered us4    #b3ad4 ,hear1 ,o ,lord1
 our prayers1 and our petitions1 and    
deliver us for  thy own sake3 and grant 
that we may find favour in the sight of 
them  that have led us away3    #b3ae4  
,that all the earth may know that thou  
art the ,lord our ,god1 and  that thy   
name is called upon ,israel1 and upon   
his posterity4    #b3af4 ,look down upon
 us1 ,o ,lord1 from thy holy house1 and 
incline thy  ear1 and hear us4    #b3ag4
 ,open thy eyes1 and behold3 for the    
dead that are in hell1 whose  spirit is 

taken away from their bowels1 shall not 
give glory and justice  to the ,lord3   
,justice1 etc444 ,they that are in hell 
shall not give justice to ,god2  that   
is1 they shall not acknowledge and      
glorify his justice as penitent  sinners
 do upon earth4    #b3ah4 ,but the soul 
that is sorrowful for the greatness of  
evil she hath  done1 and goeth bowed    
down1 and feeble1 and the eyes that     
fail1 and the  hungry soul giveth glory 
and justice to thee the ,lord4    #b3ai4
 ,for it is not for the justices of our 
fathers that we pour out our  prayers1  
and beg mercy in thy sight1 ,o ,lord our
 ,god3    #b3bj4 ,but because thou hast 
sent out thy wrath1 and thy indignation 
upon  us1 as thou hast spoken by the    
hand of thy servants the prophets1      
saying3    #b3ba4 ,thus saith the ,lord3
 ,bow down your shoulder1 and your neck1
 and  serve the king of ,babylon3 and   
you shall remain in the land which ,i   
have  given to your fathers4    #b3bb4  
,but if you will not hearken to the     

voice of the ,lord your ,god1 to  serve 
the king of ,babylon3 ,i will cause you 
to depart out of the cities  of ,juda1  
and from without ,jerusalem4    #b3bc4  
,and ,i will take away from you the     
voice of mirth1 and the voice of  joy1  
and the voice of the bridegroom1 and the
 voice of the bride1 and  all the land  
shall be without any footstep of        
inhabitants4    #b3bd4 ,and they        
hearkened not to thy voice1 to serve the
 king of ,babylon3  and thou hast made  
good thy words1 which thou spokest by   
the hands of  thy servants the prophets1
 that the bones of our kings1 and the   
bones of  our fathers should be removed 
out of their place3    #b3be4 ,and      
behold they are cast out to the heat of 
the sun1 and to the  frost of the night3
 and they have died in grievous pains1  
by famine1 and  by the sword1 and in    
banishment4    #b3bf4 ,and thou hast    
made the temple1 in which thy name was  
called upon1  as it is at this day1 for 
the iniquity of the house of ,israel1   

and the  house of ,juda4    #b3bg4 ,and 
thou hast dealt with us1 ,o ,lord our   
,god1 according to all thy  goodness1   
and according to all that great mercy of
 thine3    #b3bh4 ,as thou spokest by   
the hand of thy servant ,moses1 in the  
day when  thou didst command him to     
write thy law before the children of    
,israel1    #b3bi4 ,saying3 ,if you will
 not hear my voice1 this great multitude
 shall  be turned into a very small     
number among the nations1 where ,i will 
scatter them3    #b3cj4 ,for ,i know    
that the people will not hear me1 for   
they are a people  of a stiff neck3 but 
they shall turn to their heart in the   
land of their  captivity3    #b3ca4 ,and
 they shall know that ,i am the ,lord   
their ,god3 and ,i will give  them a    
heart1 and they shall understand3 and   
ears1 and they shall hear4    #b3cb4    
,and they shall praise me in the land of
 their captivity1 and shall  be mindful 
of my name4    #b3cc4 ,and they shall   
turn away themselves from their stiff   

neck1 and  from their wicked deeds3 for 
they shall remember the way of their    
fathers1 that sinned against me4        
#b3cd4 ,and ,i will bring them back     
again into the land which ,i promised   
with an oath to their fathers1 ,abraham1
 ,isaac1 and ,jacob1 and they shall  be 
masters thereof3 and ,i will multiply   
them1 and they shall not be  diminished4
    #b3ce4 ,and ,i will make with them  
another covenant that shall be          
everlasting1 to be their ,god1 and they 
shall be my people3 and ,i will no  more
 remove my people1 the children of      
,israel1 out of the land that ,i  have  
given them4    ,baruch ,chapter #c      
,they pray for mercy1 acknowledging that
 they are justly punished for  forsaking
 true wisdom4 ,a prophecy of ,christ4   
#c3a4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord ,almighty1 the 
,god of ,israel1 the soul in anguish1   
and the troubled spirit crieth to thee3 
#c3b4 ,hear1 ,o ,lord1 and have mercy1  
for thou art a merciful ,god1 and have  
pity on us3 for we have sinned before   

thee4    #c3c4 ,for thou remainest for  
ever1 and shall we perish everlastingly8
    #c3d4 ,o ,lord ,almighty1 the ,god  
of ,israel1 hear now the prayer of the  
dead  of ,israel1 and of their children1
 that have sinned before thee1 and have 
not hearkened to the voice of the ,lord 
their ,god1 wherefore evils have        
cleaved fast to us4    #c3e4 ,remember  
not the iniquities of our fathers1 but  
think upon thy  hand1 and upon thy name 
at this time3    #c3f4 ,for thou art the
 ,lord our ,god1 and we will praise     
thee1 ,o ,lord3    #c3g4 ,because for   
this end thou hast put thy fear in our  
hearts1 to the  intent that we should   
call upon thy name1 and praise thee in  
our  captivity1 for we are converted    
from the iniquity of our fathers1 who   
sinned before thee4    #c3h4 ,and behold
 we are at this day in our captivity1   
whereby thou hast  scattered us to be a 
reproach1 and a curse1 and an offence1  
according to  all the iniquities of our 
fathers1 who departed from thee1 ,o     

,lord our  ,god4    #c3i4 ,hear1 ,o     
,israel1 the commandments of life3 give 
ear1 that thou mayst  learn wisdom4     
#c3aj4 ,how happeneth it1 ,o ,israel1   
that thou art in thy enemies' land8     
#c3aa4 ,thou art grown old in a strange 
country1 thou art defiled with the      
dead3 thou art counted with them that go
 down into hell4    #c3ab4 ,thou hast   
forsaken the fountain of wisdom3        
#c3ac4 ,for if thou hadst walked in the 
way of ,god1 thou hadst surely  dwelt in
 peace for ever4    #c3ad4 ,learn where 
is wisdom1 where is strength1 where is  
understanding3  that thou mayst know    
also where is length of days and life1  
where is the  light of the eyes1 and    
peace4    #c3ae4 ,who hath found out her
 place8 and who hath gone in to her     
treasures8    #c3af4 ,where are the     
princes of the nations1 and they that   
rule over the  beasts that are upon the 
earth8    #c3ag4 ,that take their       
diversion with the birds of the air4    
#c3ah4 ,that hoard up silver and gold1  

wherein men trust1 and there is no  end 
of their getting8 who work in silver and
 are solicitous1 and their  works are   
unsearchable4    #c3ai4 ,they are cut   
off1 and are gone down to hell1 and     
others are risen  up in their place4    
#c3bj4 ,young men have seen the light1  
and dwelt upon the earth3 but the  way  
of knowledge they have not known1       
#c3ba4 ,nor have they understood the    
paths thereof1 neither have their       
children received it1 it is far from    
their face4    #c3bb4 ,it hath not been 
heard of in the land of ,chanaan1       
neither hath it  been seen in ,theman4  
,theman444 ,the capital city of ,edom4  
#c3bc4 ,the children of ,agar also1 that
 search after the wisdom that is of  the
 earth1 the merchants of ,merrha1 and of
 ,theman1 and the tellers of  fables1   
and searchers of prudence and           
understanding3 but the way of  wisdom   
they have not known1 neither have they  
remembered her paths4    ,agar444 ,the  
mother of the ,ismaelites4    #c3bd4 ,o 

,israel1 how great is the house of ,god1
 and how vast is the place  of his      
possession6    #c3be4 ,it is great1 and 
hath no end3 it is high and immense4    
#c3bf4 ,there were the giants1 those    
renowned men that were from the         
beginning1 of great stature1 expert in  
war4    #c3bg4 ,the ,lord chose not     
them1 neither did they find the way of  
knowledge3 therefore did they perish4   
#c3bh4 ,and because they had not wisdom1
 they perished through their  folly4    
#c3bi4 ,who hath gone up into heaven1   
and taken her1 and brought her down     
from the clouds8    #c3cj4 ,who hath    
passed over the sea1 and found her1 and 
brought her  preferably to chosen gold8 
#c3ca4 ,there is none that is able to   
know her ways1 nor that can search  out 
her paths3    #c3cb4 ,but he that       
knoweth all things1 knoweth her1 and    
hath found her  out with his            
understanding3 he that prepared the     
earth for evermore1 and  filled it with 
cattle and fourfooted beasts3    #c3cc4 

,he that sendeth forth the light1 and it
 goeth3 and hath called it1  and it     
obeyeth him with trembling4    #c3cd4   
,and the stars have given light in their
 watches1 and rejoiced3    #c3ce4 ,they 
were called1 and they said3 ,here we    
are3 and with  cheerfulness they have   
shined forth to him that made them4     
#c3cf4 ,this is our ,god1 and there     
shall no other be accounted of in       
comparison of him4    #c3cg4 ,he found  
out all the way of knowledge1 and gave  
it to ,jacob his  servant1 and to       
,israel his beloved4    #c3ch4          
,afterwards he was seen upon earth1 and 
conversed with men4    ,was seen upon   
earth1 etc444 viz41 by the mystery of   
the incarnation1 by  means of which the 
son of ,god came visibly amongst us1 and
 conversed  with men4 ,the prophets     
often speak of things to come as if they
 were  past1 to express the certainty of
 the event of the things foretold4      
,baruch ,chapter #d    ,the prophet     
exhorts to the keeping of the law of    

wisdom1 and encourages  the people to be
 patient1 and to hope for their         
deliverance4    #d3a4 ,this is the book 
of the commandments of ,god1 and the    
law1 that is  for ever3 all they that   
keep it1 shall come to life3 but they   
that have  forsaken it1 to death4       
#d3b4 ,return1 ,o ,jacob1 and take hold 
of it1 walk in the way by its           
brightness1 in the presence of the light
 thereof4    #d3c4 ,give not thy honour 
to another1 nor thy dignity to a strange
  nation4    #d3d4 ,we are happy1 ,o    
,israel3 because the things that are    
pleasing to  ,god1 are made known to us4
    #d3e4 ,be of good comfort1 ,o people
 of ,god1 the memorial of ,israel3      
#d3f4 ,you have been sold to the        
,gentiles1 not for your destruction3 but
  because you provoked ,god to wrath1   
you are delivered to your  adversaries4 
#d3g4 ,for you have provoked him who    
made you1 the eternal ,god1 offering    
sacrifice to devils1 and not to ,god4   
#d3h4 ,for you have forgotten ,god1 who 

brought you up1 and you have  grieved   
,jerusalem that nursed you4    #d3i4    
,for she saw the wrath of ,god coming   
upon you1 and she said3 ,give  ear1 all 
you that dwell near ,sion1 for ,god hath
 brought upon me great  mourning3       
#d3aj4 ,for ,i have seen the captivity  
of my people1 of my sons1 and my        
daughters1 which the ,eternal hath      
brought upon them4    #d3aa4 ,for ,i    
nourished them with joy3 but ,i sent    
them away with weeping  and mourning4   
#d3ab4 ,let no man rejoice over me1 a   
widow1 and desolate3 ,i am forsaken  of 
many for the sins of my children1       
because they departed from the law  of  
,god4    #d3ac4 ,and they have not known
 his justices1 nor walked by the ways of
  ,god's commandments1 neither have they
 entered by the paths of his truth  and 
justice4    #d3ad4 ,let them that dwell 
about ,sion come1 and remember the      
captivity of  my sons and daughters1    
which the ,eternal hath brought upon    
them4    #d3ae4 ,for he hath brought a  

nation upon them from afar1 a wicked    
nation1  and of a strange tongue3       
#d3af4 ,who have neither reverenced the 
ancient1 nor pitied children1 and  have 
carried away the beloved of the widow1  
and have left me all alone  without     
children4    #d3ag4 ,but as for me1 what
 help can ,i give you8    #d3ah4 ,but he
 that hath brought the evils upon you1  
he will deliver you  out of the hands of
 your enemies4    #d3ai4 ,go your way1  
my children1 go your way3 for ,i am left
 alone4    #d3bj4 ,i have put off the   
robe of peace1 and have put upon me the 
sackcloth of supplication1 and ,i will  
cry to the most ,high in my days4       
#d3ba4 ,be of good comfort1 my children1
 cry to the ,lord1 and he will  deliver 
you out of the hand of the princes your 
enemies4    #d3bb4 ,for my hope is in   
the ,eternal that he will save you3 and 
joy is  come upon me from the ,holy     
,one1 because of the mercy which shall  
come to  you from our everlasting       
,saviour4    #d3bc4 ,for ,i sent you    

forth with mourning and weeping3 but the
 ,lord will  bring you back to me with  
joy and gladness for ever4    #d3bd4    
,for as the neighbours of ,sion have now
 seen your captivity from  ,god3 so     
shall they also shortly see your        
salvation from ,god1 which shall  come  
upon you with great honour1 and         
everlasting glory4    #d3be4 ,my        
children1 suffer patiently the wrath    
that is come upon you3 for  thy enemy   
hath persecuted thee1 but thou shalt    
quickly see his  destruction3 and thou  
shalt get up upon his neck4    #d3bf4   
,my delicate ones have walked rough     
ways1 for they were taken away  as a    
flock made a prey by the enemies4       
#d3bg4 ,be of good comfort1 my children1
 and cry to the ,lord3 for you  shall be
 remembered by him that hath led you    
away4    #d3bh4 ,for as it was your mind
 to go astray from ,god2 so when you    
return  again you shall seek him ten    
times as much4    #d3bi4 ,for he that   
hath brought evils upon you1 shall bring

 you  everlasting joy again with your   
salvation4    #d3cj4 ,be of good heart1 
,o ,jerusalem3 for he exhorteth thee1   
that named  thee4    #d3ca4 ,the wicked 
that have afflicted thee1 shall perish3 
and they that  have rejoiced at thy     
ruin1 shall be punished4    #d3cb4 ,the 
cities which thy children have served1  
shall be punished3 and  she that        
received thy sons4    ,she that         
received1 etc444 viz41 ,babylon4        
#d3cc4 ,for as she rejoiced at thy ruin1
 and was glad of thy fall3 so  shall she
 be grieved for her own desolation4     
#d3cd4 ,and the joy of her multitude    
shall be cut off3 and her gladness      
shall be turned to mourning4    #d3ce4  
,for fire shall come upon her from the  
,eternal1 long to endure1 and  she shall
 be inhabited by devils for a great     
time4    #d3cf4 ,look about thee1 ,o    
,jerusalem1 towards the east1 and behold
 the joy  that cometh to thee from ,god4
    #d3cg4 ,for behold thy children     
come1 whom thou sentest away scattered1 

they come gathered together from the    
east even to the west1 at the word  of  
the ,holy ,one rejoicing for the honour 
of ,god4    ,baruch ,chapter #e         
,jerusalem is invited to rejoice and    
behold the return of her children  out  
of their captivity4    #e3a4 ,put off1  
,o ,jerusalem1 the garment of thy       
mourning1 and affliction3  and put on   
the beauty1 and honour of that          
everlasting glory which thou  hast from 
,god4    #e3b4 ,god will clothe thee    
with the double garment of justice1 and 
will  set a crown on thy head of        
everlasting honour4    #e3c4 ,for ,god  
will shew his brightness in thee1 to    
every one under  heaven4    #e3d4 ,for  
thy name shall be named to thee by ,god 
for ever3 the peace of  justice1 and    
honour of piety4    #e3e4 ,arise1 ,o    
,jerusalem1 and stand on high3 and look 
about towards the  east1 and behold thy 
children gathered together from the     
rising to the  setting sun1 by the word 
of the ,holy ,one rejoicing in the      

remembrance of  ,god4    #e3f4 ,for they
 went out from thee on foot1 led by the 
enemies3 but the  ,lord will bring them 
to thee exalted with honour as children 
of the  kingdom4    #e3g4 ,for ,god hath
 appointed to bring down every high     
mountain1 and the  everlasting rocks1   
and to fill up the valleys to make them 
even with the  ground3 that ,israel may 
walk diligently to the honour of ,god4  
#e3h4 ,moreover the woods1 and every    
sweetsmelling tree have overshadowed    
,israel by the commandment of ,god4     
#e3i4 ,for ,god will bring ,israel with 
joy in the light of his majesty1  with  
mercy1 and justice1 that cometh from    
him4    ,baruch ,chapter #f    ,the     
epistle of ,jeremias to the captives1 as
 a preservative against  idolatry4    ,a
 copy of the epistle that ,jeremias sent
 to them that were to be led  away      
captives into ,babylon1 by the king of  
,babylon1 to declare to them  according 
to what was commanded him by ,god4      
#f3a4 ,for the sins that you have       

committed before ,god1 you shall be     
carried away captives into ,babylon by  
,nabuchodonosor the king of  ,babylon4  
#f3b4 ,and when you are come into       
,babylon1 you shall be there many years1
  and for a long time1 even to seven    
generations3 and after that ,i will     
bring you away from thence with peace4  
,seven generations444 ,that is1 seventy 
years4    #f3c4 ,but now1 you shall see 
in ,babylon gods of gold1 and of silver1
 and  of stone1 and of wood borne upon  
shoulders1 causing fear to the          
,gentiles4    #f3d4 ,beware therefore   
that you imitate not the doings of      
others1 and be  afraid1 and the fear of 
them should seize upon you4    #f3e4    
,but when you see the multitude behind1 
and before1 adoring them1  say you in   
your hearts3 ,thou oughtest to be       
adored1 ,o ,lord4    #f3f4 ,for my angel
 is with you3 ,and ,i myself will demand
 an account of  your souls4    #f3g4    
,for their tongue that is polished by   
the craftsman1 and themselves  laid over

 with gold and silver1 are false things1
 and they cannot speak4    #f3h4 ,and as
 if it were for a maiden that loveth to 
go gay3 so do they  take gold and make  
them up4    #f3i4 ,their gods have      
golden crowns upon their heads3 whereof 
the priests  secretly convey away from  
them gold1 and silver1 and bestow it on 
themselves4    #f3aj4 ,yea and they give
 thereof to prostitutes1 and they dress 
out  harlots3 and again when they       
receive it of the harlots1 they adorn   
their  gods4    #f3aa4 ,and these gods  
cannot defend themselves from the rust1 
and the  moth4    #f3ab4 ,but when they 
have covered them with a purple garment1
 they wipe  their face because of the   
dust of the house1 which is very much   
among  them4    #f3ac4 ,this holdeth a  
sceptre as a man1 as a judge of the     
country1 but  cannot put to death one   
that offendeth him4    #f3ad4 ,and this 
hath in his hand a sword1 or an axe1 but
 cannot save  himself from war1 or from 
robbers1 whereby be it known to you1    

that they  are not gods4    #f3ae4      
,therefore fear them not4 ,for as a     
vessel that a man uses when it  is      
broken becometh useless1 even so are    
their gods3    #f3af4 ,when they are    
placed in the house1 their eyes are full
 of dust by  the feet of them that go   
in4    #f3ag4 ,and as the gates are made
 sure on every side upon one that hath  
offended the king1 or like a dead man   
carried to the grave1 so do the  priests
 secure the doors with bars and locks1  
lest they be stripped by  thieves4      
#f3ah4 ,they light candles to them1 and 
in great number1 of which they  cannot  
see one3 but they are like beams in the 
house4    #f3ai4 ,and they say that the 
creeping things which are of the earth1 
gnaw  their hearts1 while they eat them 
and their garments1 and they feel it    
not4    #f3bj4 ,their faces are black   
with the smoke that is made in the      
house4    #f3ba4 ,owls1 and swallows1   
and other birds fly upon their bodies1  
and  upon their heads1 and cats in like 

manner4    #f3bb4 ,whereby you may know 
that they are no gods4 ,therefore fear  
them  not4    #f3bc4 ,the gold also     
which they have1 is for shew1 but except
 a man wipe  off the rust1 they will not
 shine3 for neither when they were      
molten1  did they feel it4    #f3bd4    
,men buy them at a high price1 whereas  
there is no breath in them4    #f3be4   
,and having not the use of feet they are
 carried upon shoulders1  declaring to  
men how vile they are4 ,be they         
confounded also that worship  them4     
#f3bf4 ,therefore if they fall to the   
ground1 they rise not up again of       
themselves1 nor if a man set them       
upright1 will they stand by  themselves1
 but their gifts shall be set before    
them1 as to the dead4    #f3bg4 ,the    
things that are sacrificed to them1     
their priests sell and  abuse3 in like  
manner also their wives take part of    
them1 but give  nothing of it either to 
the sick1 or to the poor4    #f3bh4 ,the
 childbearing and menstruous women touch

 their sacrifices3  knowing1 therefore1 
by these things that they are not gods1 
fear them  not4    #f3bi4 ,for how can  
they be called gods8 because women set  
offerings  before the gods of silver1   
and of gold1 and of wood3    #f3cj4 ,and
 priests sit in their temples1 having   
their garments rent1 and  their heads   
and beards shaven1 and nothing upon     
their heads4    #f3ca4 ,and they roar   
and cry before their gods1 as men do at 
the feast  when one is dead4    #f3cb4  
,the priests take away their garments1  
and clothe their wives and  their       
children4    #f3cc4 ,and whether it be  
evil that one doth unto them1 or good1  
they are  not able to recompense it3    
neither can they set up a king1 nor put 
him  down3    #f3cd4 ,in like manner    
they can neither give riches1 nor       
requite evil4 ,if  a man make a vow to  
them1 and perform it not3 they cannot   
require it4    #f3ce4 ,they cannot      
deliver a man from death1 nor save the  
weak from the  mighty4    #f3cf4 ,they  

cannot restore the blind man to his     
sight3 nor deliver a man  from distress4
    #f3cg4 ,they shall not pity the     
widow1 nor do good to the fatherless4   
#f3ch4 ,their gods1 of wood1 and of     
stone1 and of gold1 and of silver1 are  
like the stones that are hewn out of the
 mountains3 and they that  worship them 
shall be confounded4    #f3ci4 ,how then
 is it to be supposed1 or to be said1   
that they are gods8    #f3dj4 ,even the 
,chaldeans themselves dishonor them3 who
 when they here of  one dumb that cannot
 speak1 they present him to ,bel1       
entreating him1  that he may speak4     
#f3da4 ,as though they could be sensible
 that have no motion themselves3  and   
they1 when they shall perceive this1    
will leave them3 for their gods         
themselves have no sense4    #f3db4 ,the
 women also1 with cords about them1 sit 
in the ways1 burning  olive-stones4     
#f3dc4 ,and when any one of them1 drawn 
away by some passenger1 lieth with  him1
 she upbraideth her neighbor1 that she  

was not thought as worthy as  herself1  
nor her cord broken4    #f3dd4 ,but all 
things that are done about them1 are    
false3 how is it then  to be thought1 or
 to be said1 that they are gods8        
#f3de4 ,and they are made by workmen1   
and by goldsmiths4 ,they shall be       
nothing else but what the priests will  
have them to be4    #f3df4 ,for the     
artificers themselves that make them1   
are of no long  continuance4 ,can those 
things then that are made by them1 be   
gods8    #f3dg4 ,but they have left     
false things and reproach to them that  
come  after4    #f3dh4 ,for when war    
cometh upon them1 or evils3 the priests 
consult with  themselves1 where they may
 hide themselves with them4    #f3di4   
,how then can they be thought to be     
gods1 that can neither deliver          
themselves from war1 nor save themselves
 from evils8    #f3ej4 ,for seeing they 
are but of wood1 and laid over with     
gold1 and with  silver1 it shall be     
known hereafter that they are false     

things1 by all  nations1 and kings3 and 
it shall be manifest that they are no   
gods1 but  the work of men's hands1 and 
that there is no work of ,god in them4  
#f3ea4 ,whence1 therefore1 is it known  
that they are not gods1 but the  work of
 men's hands1 and no work of ,god is in 
them8    #f3eb4 ,they cannot set up a   
king over the land1 nor give rain to    
men4    #f3ec4 ,they determine no       
causes1 nor deliver countries from      
oppression3  because they can do        
nothing1 and are as daws between heaven 
and earth4    #f3ed4 ,for when fire     
shall fall upon the house of these gods 
of wood1 and  of silver1 and of gold1   
their priests indeed will flee away1 and
 be  saved3 but they themselves shall be
 burnt in the midst like beams4         
#f3ee4 ,and they cannot withstand a king
 and war4 ,how then can it be  supposed1
 or admitted1 that they are gods8       
#f3ef4 ,neither are these gods of wood1 
and of stone1 and laid over with  gold1 
and with silver1 able to deliver        

themselves from thieves or  robbers3    
they that are stronger than them1       
,they that are stronger than them444    
,that is1 robbers and thieves are       
stronger than these idols1 being things 
without life or motion4    #f3eg4 ,shall
 take from them the gold1 and silver1   
and the raiment  wherewith they are     
clothed1 and shall go their way1 neither
 shall they  help themselves4    #f3eh4 
,therefore it is better to be a king    
that sheweth his power3 or  else a      
profitable vessel in the house1 with    
which the owner thereof will  be well   
satisfied3 or a door in the house1 to   
keep things safe that are  therein1 than
 such false gods4    #f3ei4 ,the sun1   
and the moon1 and the stars being       
bright1 and sent forth  for profitable  
uses1 are obedient4    #f3fj4 ,in like  
manner the lightning1 when it breaketh  
forth1 is easy to  be seen3 and after   
the same manner the wind bloweth in     
every country4    #f3fa4 ,and the       
clouds1 when ,god commandeth them to go 

over the whole  world1 do that which is 
commanded them4    #f3fb4 ,the fire also
 being sent from above to consume       
mountains1 and  woods1 doth as it is    
commanded4 ,but these neither in shew1  
nor in power1  are alike to any one of  
them4    #f3fc4 ,wherefore it is neither
 to be thought1 nor to be said1 that    
they  are gods3 since they are neither  
able to judge causes1 nor to do any     
good to men4    #f3fd4 ,knowing1        
therefore1 that they are not gods1 fear 
them not4    #f3fe4 ,for neither can    
they curse kings1 nor bless them4       
#f3ff4 ,neither do they shew signs in   
the heaven to the nations1 nor shine  as
 the sun1 nor give light as the moon4   
#f3fg4 ,beasts are better than they1    
which can fly under a covert1 and  help 
themselves4    #f3fh4 ,therefore there  
is no manner of appearance that they are
 gods3 so  fear them not4    #f3fi4 ,for
 as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers
 keepeth nothing1 so  are their gods of 
wood1 and of silver1 and laid over with 

gold4    #f3gj4 ,they are no better than
 a white thorn in a garden1 upon which  
every bird sitteth4 ,in like manner also
 their gods of wood1 and laid  over with
 gold1 and with silver1 are like to a   
dead body cast forth in  the dark4      
#f3ga4 ,by the purple also and the      
scarlet which are motheaten upon them1  
you shall know that they are not gods4  
,and they themselves at last are        
consumed1 and shall be a reproach in the
 country4    #f3gb4 ,better1 therefore1 
is the just man that hath no idols3 for 
he  shall be far from reproach4