2 Baruch
Chapter 35
- 1 And I, Baruch, went to the holy place, and sat down upon the ruins and wept, and said:
- 2 'O that mine eyes were springs, And mine eyelids a fount of tears.
- 3 For how shall I lament for Zion, And how shall I mourn for Jerusalem?
- 4 Because in that place where I am now prostrate, Of old the high priest offered holy sacrifices, And placed thereon an incense of fragrant odors.
- 5 But now our glorying has been made into dust, And the desire of our soul into sand.' 36-37. The Vision of the Forest, the Vine, the Fountain and the Cedar