been

I have been united to I-run, for the Lover has found the Beloved,

The Lord has multiplied the knowledge of Himself, and is zealous that these things should be known, which by His grace have been given to us.

For ignorance hath been destroyed, because the knowledge of the Lord hath arrived.

Tell forth ye who were in silence, that your mouth hath been opened.

Ye, therefore, that were despised, be henceforth lifted up, because your righteousness hath been exalted.

A stone of great price is it; and there have been wars on account of the crown.

The thought of knowledge hath been mine, and I have been delighted through Him.

The thought of knowledge hath been mine, and I have been delighted through Him.

Death hath been destroyed before my face: and Sheol hath been abolished by my word:

Death hath been destroyed before my face: and Sheol hath been abolished by my word:

And it hath been made known to His faithful ones, and hath been given without stint to all those that trust in Him. Hallelujah.

And it hath been made known to His faithful ones, and hath been given without stint to all those that trust in Him. Hallelujah.

And they have not been corrupt in their imagination; for such were in the mind of the Lord;

The birds dropped their wings and all creeping things died in their holes: and the abysses were opened which had been hidden; and they cried to the Lord like women in travail:

For I am ready before destruction comes; and I have been set on His immortal pinions:

Come forth, ye that have been afflicted and receive joy, and possess your souls by His grace; and take to you immortal life.

And they made me a debtor when I rose up, me who had been a debtor: and they divided my spoil, though nothing was due to them.

Grace has been revealed for your salvation. Believe and live and be saved. Hallelujah.

And a way has been appointed for those who cross after Him and for those who adhere to the course of faith in Him and worship His name. Hallelujah.

For the former tribes were forced by their kings to commit sin, but these two of themselves have been forcing and compelling their kings to commit sin.

And I went and took Jeremiah, and Adu, and Seriah, and Jabish, and Gedaliah, and all the honorable men of the people, and I led them to the valley of Kidron, and I narrated to them all that had been said to me.

And they have seized the place where I had been standing before.

And I, Baruch, came, and Jeremiah, whose heart was found pure from sins, who had not been captured in the seizure of the City.

Blessed is he who was not born, Or he, who having been born, has died.

Moreover, I, Baruch, say this against you, Babylon: 'If you had prospered, And Zion had dwelt in her glory, Yet the grief to us had been great That you should be equal to Zion.

Because you have been astonished at what has befallen Zion, you shall therefore be assuredly preserved to the consummation of the times, that you may be for a testimony.

For I have always benefited you. And you have always been ungrateful for the beneficence.

And I answered and said: 'Lo! you have shown me the method of the times, and that which shall be after these things, and you have said unto me, that the retribution, which has been spoken of by you, shall come upon the nations.

And lo! they have been carried off, nor on their account have you had mercy on Zion.

For we have all been made like a breath.

Now regarding everything that is, it is I that judge, but do not you take counsel in your soul regarding these things, nor afflict thyself because of those which have been.

And again hearken: though each one were prospered all that time-all the time from the day on which death was decreed against those who transgress-and in his end was destroyed, in vain would have been everything.

And if in time many have sinned, yet others not a few have been righteous.

You know where you preserve the end of those who have sinned, or the consummation of those who have been righteous.

For if a consummation had not been prepared for all, in vain would have been their beginning.

For if a consummation had not been prepared for all, in vain would have been their beginning.

And show to those who know not, that everything that has befallen us and our city until now has been according to the long-suffering of Your power, because on account of Your name you have called us a beloved people.

For there have been many years like those that are desolate from the days of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and of all those who are like them, who sleep in the earth, on whose account you did say that you had created the world.

And now quickly show Your glory, and do not defer what has been promised by you.'

'For behold! the days come and the books shall be opened in which are written the sins of all those who have sinned, and again also the treasuries in which the righteousness of all those who have been righteous in creation is gathered.

For it shall come to pass at that time that you shall see-and the many that are with you-the long-suffering of the Most High, which has been throughout all generations, who has been long-suffering towards all who are born, (alike) those who sin and (those who) are righteous.'

For it shall come to pass at that time that you shall see-and the many that are with you-the long-suffering of the Most High, which has been throughout all generations, who has been long-suffering towards all who are born, (alike) those who sin and (those who) are righteous.'

For lo! the days come, When everything that is shall become the prey of corruption And be as though it had not been.

But now our glorying has been made into dust, And the desire of our soul into sand.'

Also when it had cast it down and had destroyed and rooted out the greater part of that forest, so that nothing was left of it, nor could its place be recognized, then that vine began to come with the fountain in peace and great tranquility, and it came to a place which was not far from that cedar, and they brought the cedar which had been cast down to it.

But, do thou, Baruch, direct your heart to that which has been said to you, And understand those things which have been shown to you; For there are many eternal consolations for you.

But, do thou, Baruch, direct your heart to that which has been said to you, And understand those things which have been shown to you; For there are many eternal consolations for you.

For these are they who shall inherit that time which has been spoken of, And theirs is the inheritance of the promised time.

And I came to that place where the word had been spoken unto me, and I sat there, and fasted seven days.

And He answered and said unto me: 'You have prayed simply, O Baruch, And all your words have been heard.

Will they then resume this form of the present, And put on these entrammelling members, Which are now involved in evils, And in which evils are consummated, Or will you perchance change these things which have been in the world As also the world?"

Also (as for) the glory of those who have now been justified in My law, who have had understanding in their life, and who have planted in their heart the root of wisdom, then their splendor shall be glorified in changes, and the form of their face shall be turned into the light of their beauty, that they may be able to acquire and receive the world which does not die, which is then promised to them.

But those who have been saved by their works, And to whom the law has been now a hope, And understanding an expectation, And wisdom a confidence, Shall wonders appear in their time.

But those who have been saved by their works, And to whom the law has been now a hope, And understanding an expectation, And wisdom a confidence, Shall wonders appear in their time.

For they have been delivered from this world of tribulation, And laid down the burthen of anguish.

And it came to pass at the end of the cloud, that lo! it rained black waters, and they were darker than had been all those waters that were before, and fire was mingled with them, and where those waters descended, they wrought devastation and destruction.

Adam is therefore not the cause, save only of his own soul, But each of us has been the Adam of his own soul.

'Nevertheless, because you have besought the Most High to reveal to you the interpretation of the vision which you have seen, I have been sent to tell you.

And he cleansed the land from idols, and hallowed all the vessels which had been polluted, and restored the offerings to the altar, and raised the horn of the holy, and exalted the righteous, and honored all that were wise in understanding, and brought back the priests to their ministry, and destroyed and removed the magicians and enchanters and necromancers from the land.

Do you think that there is no anguish to the angels in the presence of the Mighty One, That Zion was so delivered up, And that lo! the Gentiles boast in their hearts, And assemble before their idols and say, "She is trodden down who oftentimes trod down, And she has been reduced to servitude who reduced (others)"?

For I have come to tell you these things, because your prayer has been heard with the Most High.

For it is these very things which have filled this world with evils, And on account of these the life of man has been greatly troubled.

But if, indeed, we who exist know wherefore we have come, And submit ourselves to Him who brought us out of Egypt, We shall come again and remember those things which have passed, And shall rejoice regarding that which has been.

But if now we know not wherefore we have come, And recognize not the principate of Him who brought us up out of Egypt, We shall come again and seek after those things which have been now, And be grieved with pain because of those things which have befallen.'

And He answered and said unto me: ['Inasmuch as the revelation of this vision has been interpreted to you as you requested], hear the word of the Most High that you may know what is to befall you after these things.

Yea, also the ravens ministered to Elijah, bearing him food, as they had been commanded.

Wherefore I have been the more careful to leave you the words of this epistle before I die, that you may be comforted regarding the evils which have come upon you, and that you may be grieved also regarding the evil that has befallen your brethren; and again, also, that you may justify His judgment which

And when they had done these things, they delivered thereupon to the enemy the overthrown wall, and the plundered house, and the burnt temple, and the people who were overcome because they were delivered up, lest the enemy should boast and say: 'Thus by force have we been able to lay waste even the house of the Most High in war.'

But we have been left here, being very few.

And let us not now look unto the delights of the Gentiles in the present, but let us remember what has been promised to us in the end.

And after his death you cast them away from you: on this account there came upon you what had been predicted.

Lo! I also say unto you after you have suffered, that if you obey those things which have been said unto you, you will receive from the Mighty One whatever has been laid up and reserved for you.

Lo! I also say unto you after you have suffered, that if you obey those things which have been said unto you, you will receive from the Mighty One whatever has been laid up and reserved for you.

And I saw and entreated the Lord and said, Long enough, O Lord, has Thine hand been heavy on Israel, in bringing the nations upon (them).

For man and his portion (lie) before Thee in the balance; He cannot add to, so as to enlarge, what has been prescribed by Thee. O God,

I said: They establish their ways in righteousness. I thought upon the judgments of God since the creation of heaven and earth; I held God righteous in His judgments which have been from of old.

They defiled Jerusalem and the things that had been hallowed to the name of God.

my soul had been well nigh poured out unto death, (I had been) nigh unto the gates of Sheol with the sinner,

my soul had been well nigh poured out unto death, (I had been) nigh unto the gates of Sheol with the sinner,

And he shall gather together a holy people, whom he shall lead in righteousness, And he shall judge the tribes of the people that has been sanctified by the Lord his God.

I'll prophesy each thing: what erst has been,

Nor "morrow comes," nor "yesterday has been;

Have been together gathered of mankind.

And noble deeds have ever been a care.

They have not by vain things been led astray,

Have been by miserable mortals done;

But when now all things shall have been reduced

And of men stained with blood had he been formed.

Would that I neither were nor had been born

As it hath been appointed. For to him

Of mortals wished for thee? Who has not been

All that is fair, and by thee have been changed

A sight that has been longed for. Rising sun

Held not her throne far off there had not been

Which would have been much more, to be desired.

When she with royal honor has been crowned;

Which had been covered with the world's displays,

And all that have been spoken by my mouth

"Morrow shall be," nor "yesterday has been;"

Thy Son nods his assent to, having been