Jerusalem Clothed in Glory
Baruch 5
Jerusalem is called to lay aside her garment of mourning and put on the beauty and righteousness that come from God, standing to watch her children gathered from east and west. The Lord promises to level every high hill and fill in the valleys to make a smooth path, and to lead Israel home with joy in the light of his glory, mercy, and righteousness.
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The Septuagint (LXX) in Greek, with Charles Thomson’s 1808 and Sir Lancelot Brenton’s 1851 English translations, set beside the King James Version and the Jewish Masoretic text (JPS 1917) where they align, so you can compare the Greek and the Hebrew. All public domain; choose which to show with the controls above.
Brenton 1851Septuagint
Greek · BrentonSeptuagint
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BrentonPut off, O Jerusalem, the garment of thy mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever.
GreekἜκδυσαι Ἱερουσαλὴμ, τὴν στολὴν τοῦ πένθους καὶ τῆς κακώσεώς σου, καὶ ἔνδυσαι τὴν εὐπρέπειαν τῆς παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ δόξης εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
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BrentonCast 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.
GreekΠεριβαλοῦ τὴν διπλοΐδα τῆς παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ δικαιοσύνης, ἐπίθου τὴν μίτραν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου τῆς δόξης τοῦ αἰωνίου.
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BrentonFor God will shew thy brightness unto every country under heaven.
GreekὉ γὰρ Θεὸς δείξει τῇ ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν πάσῃ τὴν σὴν λαμπρότητα.
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BrentonFor thy name shall be called of God for ever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of God's worship.
GreekΚληθήσεται γάρ σου τὸ ὄνομα παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, εἰρήνη δικαιοσύνης, καὶ δόξα θεοσεβείας.
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BrentonArise, 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.
GreekἈνάστηθι Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ στῆθι ἐπὶ τοῦ ὑψηλοῦ, καὶ περίβλεψαι πρὸς ἀνατολὰς, καὶ ἴδε συνηγμένα τὰ τέκνα σου ἀπὸ ἡλίου δυσμῶν ἕως ἀνατολῶν τῷ ῥήματι τοῦ ἁγίου, χαίροντας τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ μνείᾳ.
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BrentonFor 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.
GreekἘξῆλθον γὰρ παρὰ σοῦ πεζοὶ ἀγόμενοι ὑπὸ ἐχθρῶν, εἰσάγει δὲ αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς σὲ αἰρομένους μετὰ δόξης ὡς θρόνον βασιλείας.
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BrentonFor God hath appointed that every high hill, and banks of long continuance, should be cast down, and vallies filled up, to make even the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God.
GreekΣυνέταξε γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς ταπεινοῦσθαι πᾶν ὄρος ὑψηλὸν, καὶ θῖνας ἀεννάους, καὶ φάραγγας πληροῦσθαι εἰς ὁμαλισμὸν τῆς γῆς, ἵνα βαδίσῃ Ἰσραὴλ ἀσφαλῶς τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ δόξῃ.
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BrentonMoreover even the woods and every sweetsmelling tree shall overshadow Israel by the commandment of God.
GreekἘσκίασαν δὲ καὶ οἱ δρυμοὶ καὶ πᾶν ξύλον εὐωδίας τῷ Ἰσραὴλ προστάγματι τοῦ Θεοῦ.
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BrentonFor God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.
GreekἩγήσεται γὰρ ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ μετʼ εὐφροσύνης τῷ φωτὶ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, σὺν ἐλεημοσύνῃ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ τῇ παρʼ αὐτοῦ.