1 Moreover, I, Baruch, say this against thee, Babylon: If thou hadst prospered, And Zion had dwelt in her glory, Yet the grief to us had been great That thou shouldst be equal to Zion. (2BA) 2 But now, lo! the grief is infinite, And the lamentation measureless, For lo! thou art prospered And Zion desolate. (2BA) 3 Who will be judge regarding these things? Or to whom shall we complain regarding that which has befallen us? O Lord, how hast Thou borne (it)? (2BA) 4 Our fathers went to rest without grief And lo! the righteous sleep in the earth in tranquillity; (2BA) 5 For they knew not this anguish, Nor yet had they heard of that which had befallen us. (2BA) 6 Would that thou hadst ears, O earth, And that thou hadst a heart, O dust. That ye might go and announce in Sheol, And say to the dead: (2BA) 7 "Blessed are ye more than we who live." (2BA)
2 Baruch 11
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