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Septuagint · Baruch §5.1-5.9

The Glory of Jerusalem and the Return of the Exiles

Passage 6 of 6 · Greek

Summary

Jerusalem is exhorted to cast off her mourning and array herself in the eternal glory and righteousness of God, rejoicing as her exiled children return in glory from all directions.

§5.1Ἔκδυσαι, Ἰερουσαλήμ, τὴν στολὴν τοῦ πένθους καὶ τῆς κακώσεως σου, καὶ ἔνδυσαι τὴν εὐπρέπειαν τῆς παρά τοῦ θεοῦ δόξης εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
Cast off, O Jerusalem, the garment of thy mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever.
§5.2περιβαλοῦ τὴν διπλοίδα τῆς παρά τοῦ θεοῦ δικαιοσύνης, ἐπίθου τὴν μίτραν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν σου τῆς δόξης τοῦ αἰωνίου.
Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh from God; and set a diadem on thine head of the glorious majesty of the Everlasting.
§5.3ὁ γὰρ θεὸς δείξει τῇ ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν πάσῃ τὴν σὴν λαμπρότητα.
For God will shew thy brightness unto every country under heaven.
§5.4κληθήσεται γάρ σου τὸ ὄνομα παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, εἰρήνη δικαιοσύνης καὶ δόξα θεοσεβίας.
For thy name shall be called of God for ever, The peace of righteousness, and The glory of God's worship.
§5.5ἀνάστηθι, Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ στῆθι ἐπὶ τοῦ ὑψηλοῦ, καὶ περίβλεψαι πρὸς ἀνατολὰς καὶ ἴδε σου συνηγμένα τὰ τέκνα ἀπὸ ἡλίου δυσμῶν ἕως ἀνατολῶν τῷ όήματι τοῦ ἁγίου, χαίροντας τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ μνείᾳ.
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.
§5.6ἐξῆλθον γὰρ παρὰ σοῦ πεζοὶ ἀγόμενοι ὑπὸ ἐχθρῶν, εἰσάγει δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς πρὸς σέ αἰρομένους μετὰ δόξης ὡς θρόνον βασιλείας.
For they departed from thee on foot, and were led away of their enemies: but God bringeth them unto thee exalted with glory, as on a royal throne.
§5.7συνέταξεν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ταπεινοῦσθαι πᾶν ὄρος ὑψηλόν, καὶ θῖνας ἀενάους καὶ φάραγγας πληροῦσθαι εἰς ὁμαλισμὸν τῆς γῆς· ἴνα βαδίσῃ Ἰσραὴλ ἀσφαλῶς τῆ τοῦ θεοῦ δόξῃ.
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.
§5.8ἐσκίασαν δέ καὶ οἱ δρυμοὶ καὶ πᾶν ξύλον εὐωδίας τῷ Ἰσραὴλ προστάγματι τοῦ θεοῦ.
Moreover even the woods and every sweet-smelling tree shall overshadow Israel by the commandment of God.
§5.9ἡγήσεται γὰρ ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ μετʼ εὐφροσύνης τῷ φωτὶ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ σὺν ἐλεημοσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ τῇ παρʼ αὐτοῦ.
For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.

Notes

  1. §5.2τῆς δόξης τοῦ αἰωνίου — The genitive phrase τῆς δόξης... modifies the preceding noun μίτραν (diadem, crown). Parallel to the preceding 'double garment of righteousness,' it is most naturally understood as 'the crown of the glory of the Everlasting.'
  2. §5.5χαίροντας — Accusative plural masculine present participle. Although the grammatical referent is the neuter plural noun τὰ τέκνα (children), the masculine gender is used by construction according to sense (constructio ad sensum), treating the children as personal agents.
  3. §5.6αἰρομένους μετὰ δόξης ὡς θρόνον βασιλείας — The participle αἰρομένους means 'being carried' or 'borne up'. The phrase ὡς θρόνον βασιλείας (as a royal throne) metaphorically describes how the children, who once departed on foot, are brought back in an extremely honorable manner, as if carried on a royal palanquin.

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Septuagint, Baruch §5.1-5.9. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg050.humanitext-grc1:5.1-5.9

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