Baruch 4:21-29

Common English Bible

²¹ Children, be confident! Cry out to God!
    God will rescue you from your enemies’ authority and grip.
²² I have placed hope in the eternal one
for your salvation;
    the holy one has sent me joy,
    because your eternal savior
    will soon have mercy on you.
²³ I sent you away
with mourning and wailing,
    but God will restore you to me
    with gladness and joy forever.
²⁴ Just as Zion’s neighbors
have now seen your exile,
    they’ll also soon see
    God’s deliverance of you;
    it will come to you with all the glory and splendor of the eternal one.
²⁵ Children, bear up patiently
under God’s anger,
    which has come on you.
Your enemy has hunted you down,
    but you’ll soon see their destruction.
    Then you’ll step on their throats.
²⁶ My delicate children
have traveled rough roads.
    They were taken as a flock
    snatched away by enemies.
²⁷ Children, be confident!
Cry out to God,
    for the one who brought this on you will remember you.
²⁸ Just as you plotted
to stray away from God,
    return with ten times as much effort
    to seek him out.
²⁹ The one who brought
these horrible things on you
    will bring you eternal joy
    along with your deliverance.