Baruch 2:26-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 And you reduced the house which bears your name[a] to what it is today, because of the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Judah.(A)
God’s Promises Recalled. 27 “But with us, Lord, our God, you have dealt in all your clemency and in all your great mercy. 28 [b]Thus you spoke through your servant Moses, the day you ordered him to write down your law in the presence of the Israelites:
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- 2:26 The house which bears your name: the Temple of Jerusalem; cf. Dt 12:11; Jer 7:11. What it is today: during the exile it lay in ruins.
- 2:28–35 These words do not actually quote anything Moses is recorded as having said, but they present the substance of a passage such as Dt 30:1–10, which envisions exile, repentance, and restoration.
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