Baruch 2:2-4
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 Nowhere under heaven has anything been done like what he did in Jerusalem, as was written in the law of Moses:[a](A) 3 that we would each eat[b] the flesh of our sons, each the flesh of our daughters. 4 He has made us subject to all the kingdoms around us, an object of reproach and horror among all the peoples around us, where the Lord has scattered us.(B)
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- 2:2 Law of Moses: cf. Dt 28:53–57.
- 2:3 We would each eat: such dreadful events were the result of the prolonged siege of Jerusalem; cf. Lam 2:20.
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