Baruch 5

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1 Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever:
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 show all the earth your splendor:
4 you will be named by God forever the peace of justice, the glory of God's worship.
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 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 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 The forests and every fragrant kind of tree have overshadowed Israel at God's command;
9 For God is leading Israel in joy by the light of his glory, with his mercy and justice for company.