1   And these are the woordes of the booke, which Baruch the sonne of Nerias, the sonne of Maasias, the sonne of Sedecias, the sonne of ^note Asadias, the sonne of Helcias wrote in at Babylon,

2   In the fifth yeere, and in the seuenth day of the moneth, what time as the Chaldeans tooke Ierusalem, and burnt it with fire.

3   And Baruch did reade the woordes of this booke, that Iechonias the sonne of Ioacim king of Iuda might heare, and al the people that were come to heare the booke,

4   And in the audience of the gouernour, & of the Kings sonnes, and before the Elders, and before the whole people, fr&obar; the lowest vnto the hiest, before all them þt; dwelt at Babylon by the riuer ^note Sud.

5   Which when they heard it, wept, fasted and made praiers before the Lord.

6   They made a collection also of money, according to euery mans power,

7   And sent it to Ierusalem vnto Ioacim þe; sonne of Helcias the sonne of Salom priest, and vnto the other priests, and to all the people which were with him at Ierusalem,

8   When hee had receiued the vessels of the Temple of the Lorde, that were taken away out of the Temple, to bring them againe into the lande of Iuda, the tenth day of the moneth ^note Sinan, to wit, siluer vessels, which Sedecias the sonne of Iosias King of Iuda had made,

9   After that Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon had led away Iechonias from Ierusalem, & his princes, and his nobles, prisoners, and the people, and caried them to Babylon.

10   And they saide, Beholde, we haue sent you money, wherewith yee shall bye burnt offerings for sinne, and incense, and prepare a ^note meat offering, and offer vpon the altar of the Lord our God,

11   And praie for the life of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon, and for the life of Baltasar his sonne, that their daies may be vpon earth, as the daies of heauen,

12   And that God woulde giue vs strength and lighten our eyes, that we may liue vnder the shadowe of Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon, and vnder þe; shadowe of Baltasar his sonne, that we may long do them seruice, & finde fauour in their sight.

13   Pray for vs also vnto the Lord our God (for we haue sinned against the Lord our God, and vnto this day the furie of the Lorde and his wrath is not turned from vs.)

14   And reade this booke (which we haue sent to you to be rehearsed in the Temple of the Lord) vpon the feast daies, and at time conuenient.

15   Thus shall ye say, ^note To the Lord our God belongeth righteousnesse, but vnto vs the confusion of our faces, as it is come to passe this day vnto them of Iuda, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem,

16   And to our Kings, and to our Princes, and to our Priestes, & to our Prophets, and to our fathers,

17   Because we haue ^note sinned before the Lorde our God,

18   And haue not obeied him, neither hearkened vnto the voice of the Lorde our God, to walke in the commandements that he gaue vs openly.

19   From the day that the Lord brought our fathers out of the lande of Egypt, euen vnto this day, we haue bene disobedient vnto the Lord our God, and we haue bene negligent to heare his voice.

20    ^noteWherefore these plagues are come vpon vs, and the curse which the Lorde appointed by Moyses his seruaunt at the time that hee brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to giue vs a land that floweth with milke and hony, as appeareth this day.

21   Neuerthelesse, we haue not hearkened vnto the voice of the Lord our God, according to all the words of the Prophets, whome he sent vnto vs.

22   But euery one of vs followed þe; wicked imagination of his owne heart, to serue strange gods, and to doe euill in the sight of the Lord our God.

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