Baruch 5

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 “ ‘Take off, O Jerusalem, the garment of your sorrow and troubles, and put on your beauty and the honor of that eternal glory, which you have from God.	1 Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever:
2 God will surround you with a double garment of justice, and he will set a crown on your head of everlasting honor.	2 Wrapped in the cloak of justice from God, bear on your head the mitre that displays the glory of the eternal name.
3 For God will reveal his splendor in you to all who are under heaven.	3 For God will show all the earth your splendor:
4 For your name will be given to you by God for eternity: the peace of justice and the honor of piety.	4 you will be named by God forever the peace of justice, the glory of God's worship.
5 Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand in exaltation, and look around towards the east, and see your sons, gathering together, from the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun, by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the remembrance of God.	5 Up, Jerusalem! stand upon the heights; look to the east and see your children Gathered from the east and the west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that they are remembered by God.
6 For they went out from you on foot, led by the enemies, but the Lord will lead them to you, being carried in honor like sons of the kingdom.	6 Led away on foot by their enemies they left you: but God will bring them back to you borne aloft in glory as on royal thrones.
7 For God has resolved to humble every high mountain and the longstanding cliffs, and to fill up the steep valleys in order to level the ground, so that Israel may walk diligently in the honor of God.	7 For God has commanded that every lofty mountain be made low, And that the age-old depths and gorges be filled to level ground, that Israel may advance secure in the glory of God.
8 Yet the woods and every sweet-smelling tree have provided shade for Israel by the commandment of God.	8 The forests and every fragrant kind of tree have overshadowed Israel at God's command;
9 For God will lead Israel with joy into the light of his majesty, with mercy and justice, which is from him.’ ”	9 For God is leading Israel in joy by the light of his glory, with his mercy and justice for company.