Baruch 5

^aPut off, O Jerusalem, the garment of thy mourning and affliction,

And put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever.

²Cast about thee ^ba double garment of the righteousness which cometh from God;

And set a diadem on thine head of the glory of ^cthe Everlasting.

³For God will shew ^dthy brightness unto every country under heaven.

⁴For thy name shall be called of God for ever,

The peace of righteousness, and The glory of ^eGod’s worship.

⁵Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high,

And ^flook about toward the east,

And behold thy children gathered from the west unto the east

^fBy the word of the Holy One,

Rejoicing in the remembrance of God.

⁶For they departed from thee on foot, and were led away of their enemies:

But ^gGod bringeth them unto thee exalted with glory,

As ^hchildren of the kingdom.

⁷For God hath appointed that ⁱevery high hill, and banks of long continuance, should be cast down,

And valleys filled up, to make even the ground,

That Israel may go safely in the glory of God.

⁸Moreover even the woods and ^kevery sweetsmelling tree shall overshadow Israel

By the commandment of God.

⁹For God shall lead Israel with joy ^din the light of his glory

With the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.