Baruch 4:14-24

14 Let the neighbors of Zion come; remember the capture of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting brought upon them.
15 For he brought against them a nation from afar, a shameless nation, of a strange language, who had no respect for an old man, and had no pity for a child.
16 They led away the widow's beloved sons, and bereaved the lonely woman of her daughters.
17 "But I, how can I help you?
18 For he who brought these calamities upon you will deliver you from the hand of your enemies.
19 Go, my children, go; for I have been left desolate.
20 I have taken off the robe of peace and put on the sackcloth of my supplication; I will cry to the Everlasting all my days.
21 "Take courage, my children, cry to God, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemy.
22 For I have put my hope in the Everlasting to save you, and joy has come to me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which soon will come to you from your everlasting Savior.
23 For I sent you out with sorrow and weeping, but God will give you back to me with joy and gladness for ever.
24 For as the neighbors of Zion have now seen your capture, so they soon will see your salvation by God, which will come to you with great glory and with the splendor of the Everlasting.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.