Baruch 2:5

5 They were brought low and not raised up, because we sinned against the Lord our God, in not heeding his voice.

Baruch 2:5 In-Context

3 that we should eat, one the flesh of his son and another the flesh of his daughter.

4 And he gave them into subjection to all the kingdoms around us, to be a reproach and a desolation among all the surrounding peoples, where the Lord has scattered them.

5 They were brought low and not raised up, because we sinned against the Lord our God, in not heeding his voice.

6 "`Righteousness belongs to the Lord our God, but confusion of face to us and our fathers, as at this day.

7 All those calamities with which the Lord threatened us have come upon us.