Baruch Chapter 5

Jerusalem is invited to rejoice and behold the return of her children out of their captivity.

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of thy mourning, and affliction: and put on the beauty, and honour of that everlasting glory which thou hast from God.
2 God will clothe thee with the double garment of justice, and will set a crown on thy head of everlasting honour.
3 For God will show his brightness in thee, to every one under heaven.
4 For thy name shall be named to thee by God for ever: the peace of justice, and honour of piety.
5 Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high: and look about towards the east, and behold thy children gathered together from the rising to the setting sun, by the word of the Holy One rejoicing in the remembrance of God.
6 For they went out from thee on foot, led by the enemies: but the Lord will bring them to thee exalted with honour as children of the kingdom.
7 For God hath appointed to bring down every high mountain, and the everlasting rocks, and to fill up the valleys to make them even with the ground: that Israel may walk diligently to the honour of God.
8 Moreover the woods, and every sweetsmelling tree have overshadowed Israel by the commandment of God.
9 For God will bring Israel with joy in the light of his majesty, with mercy, and justice, that cometh from him.

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

1 Exue te, Jerusalem, stola luctus et vexationis tuæ,
et indue te decore, et honore ejus,
quæ a Deo tibi est, sempiternæ gloriæ.
2 Circumdabit te Deus diploide justitiæ,
et imponet mitram capiti honoris æterni.
3 Deus enim ostendet splendorem suum in te,
omni qui sub cælo est.
4 Nominabitur enim tibi nomen tuum a Deo in sempiternum:
pax justitiæ, et honor pietatis.
5 Exsurge, Jerusalem, et sta in excelso:
et circumspice ad orientem,
et vide collectos filios tuos ab oriente sole usque ad occidentem,
in verbo Sancti,
gaudentes Dei memoria.
6 Exierunt enim abs te pedibus ducti ab inimicis:
adducet autem illos Dominus ad te portatos in honore
sicut filios regni:
7 constituit enim Deus
humiliare omnem montem excelsum et rupes perennes,
et convalles replere in æqualitatem terræ,
ut ambulet Israël diligenter in honorem Dei.
8 Obumbraverunt autem et silvæ,
et omne lignum suavitatis Israël
ex mandato Dei.
9 Adducet enim Deus Israël cum jucunditate in lumine majestatis suæ,
cum misericordia et justitia quæ est ex ipso.

Transcribed as part of the Clementine Vulgate Project
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