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4:9. For she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, and she said: Give
ear, all you that dwell near Sion, for God hath brought upon me great
mourning:
4:10. For I have seen the captivity of my people, of my sons, and my
daughters, which the Eternal hath brought upon them.
4:11. For I nourished them with joy: but I sent them away with weeping
and mourning.
4:12. Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and desolate: I am forsaken
of many for the sins of my children, because they departed from the law
of God.
4:13. And they have not known his justices, nor walked by the ways of
God's commandments, neither have they entered by the paths of his truth
and justice.
4:14. Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember the captivity of
my sons and daughters, which the Eternal hath brought upon them.
4:15. For he hath brought a nation upon them from afar, a wicked nation,
and of a strange tongue:
4:16. Who have neither reverenced the ancient, nor pitied children, and
have carried away the beloved of the widow, and have left me all alone
without children.
4:17. But as for me, what help can I give you?
4:18. But he that hath brought the evils upon you, he will deliver you
out of the hands of your enemies.
4:19. Go your way, my children, go your way: for I am left alone.
4:20. I have put off the robe of peace, and have put upon me the
sackcloth of supplication, and I will cry to the most High in my days.
4:21. Be of good comfort, my children, cry to the Lord, and he will
deliver you out of the hand of the princes your enemies.
4:22. For my hope is in the Eternal that he will save you: and joy is
come upon me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall come to
you from our everlasting Saviour.
4:23. For I sent you forth with mourning and weeping: but the Lord will
bring you back to me with joy and gladness for ever.
4:24. For as the neighbours of Sion have now seen your captivity from
God: so shall they also shortly see your salvation from God, which shall
come upon you with great honour, and everlasting glory.
4:25. My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you: for
thy enemy hath persecuted thee, but thou shalt quickly see his
destruction: and thou shalt get up upon his neck.
4:26. My delicate ones have walked rough ways, for they were taken away
as a flock made a prey by the enemies.
4:27. Be of good comfort, my children, and cry to the Lord: for you
shall be remembered by him that hath led you away.
4:28. For as it was your mind to go astray from God; so when you return
again you shall seek him ten times as much.
4:29. For he that hath brought evils upon you, shall bring you
everlasting joy again with your salvation.
4:30. Be of good heart, O Jerusalem: for he exhorteth thee, that named
thee.
4:31. The wicked that have afflicted thee, shall perish: and they that
have rejoiced at thy ruin, shall be punished.
4:32. The cities which thy children have served, shall be punished: and
she that received thy sons.
She that received, etc... viz., Babylon.
4:33. For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall: so
shall she be grieved for her own desolation.
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