Baruch 1:3-13

3 Baruch read the book aloud to Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and to all the people who lived in Babylon by the Sud River. Everyone came to hear it read - nobles, children of royal families, elders, in fact, all the people, no matter what their status. 1
5 When the book was read, everyone cried, fasted, and prayed to the Lord.
6 Then they all gave as much money as they could,
7 and the collection was sent to Jerusalem to Jehoiakim the High Priest, son of Hilkiah and grandson of Shallum, and to the other priests and to all the people who were with him in Jerusalem.
8 On the tenth day of the month of Sivan, Baruch took the sacred utensils which had been carried away from the Temple and returned them to Judah. These were the silver utensils which Zedekiah son of King Josiah of Judah had ordered made
9 after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had deported Jehoiachin, the rulers, the skilled workers, [a] the nobles, and the common people and had taken them from Jerusalem to Babylon.
10 The people wrote: Please use the money we are sending you to buy animals for the burnt offerings and the sin offerings, to buy incense, and to provide the grain offerings. Offer them on the altar of the Lord our God,
11 and pray for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia and his son Belshazzar, that they may live as long as the heavens last.
12 Then the Lord will strengthen us and be our guide. Nebuchadnezzar and his son Belshazzar will protect us, and we will be loyal to them as long as we live; then they will be pleased with us.
13 We ask you also to pray to the Lord God for us, because we have sinned against him, and he is still angry with us.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1.3, 4 2 Kings 24.8-17.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. skilled workers; [Greek] prisoners.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.