Baruch 1:4-6

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴ and in the hearing of the mighty men and the princes, and in the hearing of the elders, and in the hearing of all the people, small and great, all who dwelt in Babylon by the river Sud.

⁵ Then they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord; ⁶ and they collected money, each giving what he could;