Baruch 5

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever.	1 Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever:
2 Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh from God; and set a diadem on thine head of the glory of the Everlasting.	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 shew thy brightness unto every country under heaven.	3 For God will show all the earth your splendor:
4 For thy name shall be called of God for ever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of God's worship.	4 you will be named by God forever the peace of justice, the glory of God's worship.
5 Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high, and look about toward the east, and behold thy children gathered from the west unto the east 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 departed from thee on foot, and were led away of their enemies: but God bringeth them unto thee exalted with glory, as children 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 hath appointed that every high hill, and banks of long continuance, should be cast down, and valleys filled up, to make even the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory 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 Moreover even the woods and every sweetsmelling tree shall overshadow 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 shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.	9 For God is leading Israel in joy by the light of his glory, with his mercy and justice for company.