Baruch 4:7-12 Common English Bible (CEB)

7. You upset your creatorwhen you sacrificed to demonsand not to God.

8. You forgot the eternal Godwho raised you;and you caused pain to Jerusalem,who nurtured you.

9. Jerusalem saw the wrath of Godthat came on you and said:Neighbors of Zion, listen!God has brought me great grief.

10. I have watched my sons and daughters taken captive,the action of the eternal one.

11. I nursed them joyfully,but I sent them awaywith tears and mourning.

12. Don’t any of you rejoice over me,a widow deserted by many.My children avoided God’s Law,so I was stripped barebecause of their sins.

Baruch 4