1 These are the words of the book written by Baruch, the son of Neriah, descended from Massiah, from Sedekiah, from Hasadiah, from Hilkiah.
2 They were written in the fifth year, on the seventh day of the month, at the time when the Chaldeans had taken Jerusalem and burned it.
3 Baruch read the words of this book to Jeconiah, the son of Joachim, the king of Judah, in the presence of all the people who had come together to hear it read.
4 He read it in the hearing of the nobles and the king's sons, of the elders and all the people, from the smallest to the greatest - that is, all those who were living in Babylon near the River Sudi.
5 Then the people wept and fasted and prayed before the Lord.
6 They also collected money according to what each one could afford
7 and this they sent to Jerusalem, to the priest Jehoiakim, son of Hilkiah, the son of Shallum, and to the other priests and people who dwelt in Jerusalem with him.
8 This same Baruch had undertaken to carry back to Judea, on the tenth day of the month of Sivan, the sacred vessels which had been taken away from the Temple of the Lord. These were the silver vessels made by Zedekiah, son of Josiah, king of Judah,
9 after Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had carried off Jeconiah, the artisans, the nobles and the people of the land and had taken them captive to Babylon.
10 The letter said: Look, we are sending you money; buy with it victims for the holocaust and for sin offerings and incense; prepare oblations and offer them on the Altar of the Lord our God.
11 Pray for the life of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and of Balthasar, his son, so that they may be successful in all that they do.
12 Thus the Lord will give strength and light to our eyes. We will live under the protection of Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, and of his son, Balthasar. We shall have a long life serving them and we shall find favor before them.
13 Pray to the Lord our God for us also, for we have sinned against the Lord our God, even to this day the anger of the Lord and his fury have not been turned away from us.
14 Finally, read this book which we are sending to you, so that you can read it publicly in the House of the Lord on the day of the Feast and on other suitable days.
15 You will say: May everyone recognize the justice of our God but, on this day, shame and confusion befit the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem -
16 our kings and princes, our priests, our prophets, and our fathers,
17 because we have sinned before the Lord.
18 We have disobeyed him and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God, nor have we followed the commandments which the Lord had put before us.
19 From the day that the Lord brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt until this day, we have disobeyed the Lord our God and we have rebelled against him instead of listening to his voice.
20 Because of this, from the day on which the Lord brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, so as to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, the evils and the curse which the Lord pronounced by Moses, his servant, have dogged our footsteps right down to the present day.
21 We did not listen to the voice of the Lord our God speaking through the words of the prophets whom he sent to us,
22 but each one of us followed his perverted heart, serving false gods and doing what displeases the Lord our God.
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Baruc 1 is a chapter of the Old Testament that presents a prayer of confession of the Jewish people after the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. They recognize that disaster was a consequence of disobedience to God and ask for forgiveness for their sins. Below are five verses from other Bible books that relate to the topics covered in Baruc 1:
2 Chronicles 36:15-16: "And the Lord God of his parents sent them persistent warning through his messengers, because he had compassion for his people and their dwelling. But they mocked the messengers of God, His words and moiled for his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord lit against his people, and there was no more remedy. " This verse shows how God warned the people of Jerusalem through the prophets, but they did not hear and therefore suffered the consequences.
Lamentations 1:8: "Jerusalem has committed severe sin; so she became the object of mocking; all who honored her now despise her, because they saw her nudity; she, in turn, moans and turns with her back ". This verse shows how Jerusalem suffered humiliation because of his disobedience to God.
Psalm 106:6-7: "We sin, like our parents, committed iniquities and evil. Our parents in Egypt did not pay attention to your wonders; they did not remember the multitude of your mercies; on the contrary, they rebelled next to Sea, the Red Sea ". This verse recognizes that God's people repeated the sins of their ancestors and did not value God's mercies.
Ezekiel 20:13: "But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness, they did not follow me and rejected my laws. Those who observe them will live for them; but those who despise them will die because of them." This verse shows how disobedience to God's laws resulted in death and destruction for the people.
Isaiah 64:10-11: "Your holy cities have become a desert; Zion became a desert, Jerusalem is desolate. Our holy and glorious house, where our parents praised you, was consumed by fire; all that was precious to us became ruins. " This verse highlights the sadness and desolation that the people felt when Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed.
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