Baruch 2:1-7

1 "So the Lord carried out the threat he had made against us and against our judges, our kings, our rulers, and the people of Israel and Judah.

2 Nowhere else on earth have such things happened as happened in Jerusalem when the Lord carried out the threats written in the Law of Moses.

3 Things were so bad that we even ate the flesh of our own sons and daughters.

4 The Lord scattered our people, handing us over to the control of all the nations around us, and they looked on us with reproach and horror.

5 We sinned against the Lord our God and refused to obey him. Therefore, our nation was conquered, instead of being victorious.

6 "The Lord our God is always righteous, but we and our ancestors are still burdened with our guilt.

7 Even though the Lord punished us as he had threatened,