4 Baruch

Chapter 2

  1. 1 And Jeremiah rent his garments and put dust upon his head, and went into the sanctuary of God.
  2. 2 And when Baruch saw him with dust sprinkled upon his head and his garments rent, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Father Jeremiah, what aileth thee? Or what sin hath the people committed?
  3. 3 For whenever the people sinned, Jeremiah would sprinkle dust upon his head and pray for the people, until their sin was forgiven them.
  4. 4 And Baruch asked him, saying: Father, what aileth thee?
  5. 5 And Jeremiah said unto him: Beware of rending thy garments, but let us rend our hearts; and let us not draw water for the troughs, but let us weep and fill them with tears; for the Lord will not have mercy on this people.
  6. 6 And Baruch said: Father Jeremiah, what hath come to pass?
  7. 7 And Jeremiah said: God is delivering the city into the hands of the king of the Chaldeans, to carry the people away captive into Babylon.
  8. 8 And when Baruch heard these things, he also rent his garments, and said: Father Jeremiah, who hath made this known to thee?
  9. 9 And Jeremiah said unto him: Wait with me a little, until the sixth hour of the night, that thou mayest know that the word is true.
  10. 10 So they remained in the place of the altar, weeping.