THE SYRIAC
APOCALYPSE OF
BARUCH
COMMONLY CALLED
SECOND BARUCH
CHAPTER 1
1 And it came to pass in the twenty-fifth year of Jeconiah king of Judah, that the word of the Lord came to Baruch the son of Neriah, and said to him:
2 "Hast thou seen all that this people are doing to Me, that the evils which these two tribes which remained have done are ᵃgreater than (those of) the ten tribes which were carried away captive?
3 For the former tribes were forced by their ᵃking to commit sin, but these two of themselves have been forcing and ᵇcompelling their kings to commit sin.
4 For this reason, behold I bring evil upon this city, and upon its inhabitants, and it will be removed from before Me for a time, and I will scatter this people among the Gentiles that they may do ᵃgood to the Gentiles.
5 And My people will be ᵃchastened, and the time will come when they will seek for the prosperity of their times.
2a Jacob 3:5–8
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