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Apocrypha · Chapter 52 of 87

II Baruch 52

Syriac Apocalypse

And I answered and said: "How do those who forget those for whom woe is then reserved?

2And why therefore do we again mourn for those who die? or why do we weep for those who depart to Sheol?

3Let lamentations be reserved for the beginning of that coming torment, and let tears be laid up for the advent of the destruction of that time.

4But even in the face of these things I will speak.

5[And as for the righteous, what will they do now?

6Rejoice ye in the suffering which ye now suffer: for why do ye look for the decline of your enemies?

7Make ready your soul for that which is reserved for you, and prepare your souls for the reward which is laid up for you."]

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About II Baruch

An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. Published here from a public-domain translation, edited for continuous reading.