there

And thou, vine, why further do you give your wine; For an offering will not again be made from there in Zion, Nor will first-fruits again be offered.

For what advantage is there in this, or what (evil), worse than what' we have seen befall us, are we to expect to see?

When of old there was no world with its inhabitants, you did devise and speak with a word, and forthwith the works of creation stood before you.

And I answered and said: 'He that lighted has taken from the light, and there are but few that have imitated him. But those many whom he has lighted have taken from the darkness of Adam and have not rejoiced in the light of the lamp.'

And I went there and sat in the valley of Kidron in a cave of the earth, and I sanctified my soul there, and I ate no bread, yet I was not hungry, and I drank no water, yet I thirsted not, and I was there till the seventh day, as He had commanded me.

And I went there and sat in the valley of Kidron in a cave of the earth, and I sanctified my soul there, and I ate no bread, yet I was not hungry, and I drank no water, yet I thirsted not, and I was there till the seventh day, as He had commanded me.

And I went there and sat in the valley of Kidron in a cave of the earth, and I sanctified my soul there, and I ate no bread, yet I was not hungry, and I drank no water, yet I thirsted not, and I was there till the seventh day, as He had commanded me.

For if there were this life only, which belongs to all men, nothing could be more bitter than this.

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.

In the first part there shall be the beginning of commotions.

And in the second part (there shall be) slayings of the great ones.

The earth also shall yield its fruit ten-thousandfold and on each (?) vine there shall be a thousand branches, and each branch shall produce a thousand clusters, and each cluster produce a thousand grapes, and each grape produce a cor of wine.

For there will be a greater trial than these two tribulations when the Mighty One will renew His creation.

And when I had said these things I fell asleep there, and I saw a vision in the night.

And lo! over against it arose a vine, and from under it there went forth a fountain peacefully.

As for what you did say-"To whom will these things be, and how many (will they be)? "-to those who have believed there shall be the good which was spoken of aforetime, and to those who despise there shall be the contrary of these things.

As for what you did say-"To whom will these things be, and how many (will they be)? "-to those who have believed there shall be the good which was spoken of aforetime, and to those who despise there shall be the contrary of these things.

And the dust shall be called, and there shall be said to it: "Give back that which is not yours, and raise up all that you have kept until its time".'

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.

And everything that dies shall depart, And all the present time shall be forgotten, Nor shall there be any remembrance of the present time, which is defiled with evils.

And truly we shall be in darkness, And there shall be no light to the people who are left,

And I said unto them: 'The throne of the Mighty One I cannot resist; Nevertheless, there shall not be wanting to Israel a wise man Nor a son of the law to the race of Jacob.

And when I had gone forth and dismissed them, I went there and said unto them: 'Behold! I go to Hebron: for thither the Mighty One hath sent me.'

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

For there shall not be found many wise at that time, And the intelligent shall be but a few: Moreover, even those who know shall most of all be silent.

And there shall be many rumors and tidings not a few, And the doing of phantasms shall be manifest, And promises not a few be recounted, Some of them (shall prove) idle, And some of them shall be confirmed.

For all this multitude are going to corruption, Nor is there any numbering of those whom the fire devours.

For assuredly as in a little time in this transitory world in which you live, you have endured much labor, So in that world to which there is no end, you shall receive great light.']

For there shall be spread before them the extents of Paradise, and there shall be shown to them the beauty of the majesty of the living creatures which are beneath the throne, and all the armies of the angels, who are now held fast by My word, lest they should appear, and are held fast by a command, that they may stand in their places till their advent comes.

For there shall be spread before them the extents of Paradise, and there shall be shown to them the beauty of the majesty of the living creatures which are beneath the throne, and all the armies of the angels, who are now held fast by My word, lest they should appear, and are held fast by a command, that they may stand in their places till their advent comes.

Moreover, there shall then be excellency in the righteous surpassing that in the angels.

And when I had said these things I fell asleep there, and I saw a vision, and lo! a cloud was ascending from a very great sea, and I kept gazing upon it) and lo! it was full of waters white and black, and there were many colors in those self-same waters, and as it were the likeness of great lightning was seen at its summit.

And when I had said these things I fell asleep there, and I saw a vision, and lo! a cloud was ascending from a very great sea, and I kept gazing upon it) and lo! it was full of waters white and black, and there were many colors in those self-same waters, and as it were the likeness of great lightning was seen at its summit.

And I saw that there was not one and the same likeness in the waters which descended from it.

And it came to pass when I had finished speaking the words of this prayer, that I sat there under a tree, that I might rest in the shade of the branches.

But the rest of the multitude of the angels, of which there is (no) number, restrained themselves.

And there was at that time the building of Zion, And the dedication of the sanctuary, And the shedding of much blood of the nations that sinned then, And many offerings which were offered then in the dedication of the sanctuary.

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)"?

Because so far as Zion is delivered up And Jerusalem laid waste, Shall idols prosper in the cities of the Gentiles, And the vapor of the smoke of the incense of the righteousness which is by the law is extinguished in Zion, And in the region of Zion in every place lo! there is the smoke of impiety.

But it will come to pass after these things that there will be the fall of many nations.

On his account there were not black waters with black, nor bright with bright; for it is the consummation.

Go up therefore to the top of that mountain, and there shall pass before you all the regions of that land, and the figure of the inhabited world, and the top(s) of the mountains, and the depth(s) of the valleys, and the depths of the seas, and the number of the rivers, that you may see what you are leaving, and whither you are going.

And I, Baruch, went there and came to the people, and assembled them together from the greatest to the least, and said unto them:

And now go and tarry not in (any) place, nor enter a nest, nor settle upon any tree, till you have passed over the breadth of the many waters of the river Euphrates, and have gone to the people that dwell there, and cast down to them this epistle.

Your brethren also have they bound and led away to Babylon, and have caused them to dwell there.

Do you therefore prepare your hearts for that which before you believed, lest you come to be in bondage in both worlds, so that you be led away captive here and be tormented there.

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

Moreover, let this epistle be for a testimony between me and you, that you may remember the commandments of the Mighty One, and that also there may be to me a defense in the presence of Him who sent me.

The steadfastness of the righteous is from God their deliverer; There lodgeth not in the house of the righteous sin upon sin.

He deceiveth with words, (saying,) There is none that seeth, or judgeth.

They plundered the sanctuary of God, as though there was no avenger.

As a father (entereth) the house of his sons, (so) he entered (Jerusalem) in peace; He established his feet (there) in great safety.

Overlook us not, O our God, lest the nations swallow us up, as though there were none to deliver.

In that there rose up against them a man that was alien to our race.

And the children of the covenant in the midst of the mingled peoples [surpassed them in evil.] There was not among them one that wrought in the midst of Jerusalem mercy and truth.

For the heavens withheld the rain from dropping upon the earth, Springs were stopped (that sprang) perennial(ly) out of the deeps, (that ran down) from lofty mountains. For there was none among them that wrought righteousness and justice; From the chief of them to the least (of them) all were sinful;

And he shall not suffer unrighteousness to lodge any more in their midst, Nor shall there dwell with them any man that knoweth wickedness,

And there shall be no unrighteousness in his days in their midst, For all shall be holy and their king the anointed of the Lord.

He will lead them all aright, And there will be no pride among them that any among them should be oppressed.

The whole world, saying, "Let there be," and there was.

The whole world, saying, "Let there be," and there was.

And there grew up one people on another

One to another do, but let there be

And coming to the land continued there.

Had here and there o'er ocean's billows swum,

There is in Phrygia on the dark mainland

From death, and there was great desire of heart;

There on a lofty peak the ark abode

Fitting things now will I sing: There shall be

Of Hades they shall go away, and there

In figure, stature, growth; and there shall be

Then on a sudden there shall be a sign

To mortals, when, watched over, there shall come

There shall be an uprising; on the waves

There shall be wise guides, and then afterward

There shall be a cessation of the prophets.

They shall much darnel mingle, there shall be

And there shall be a selling of their freedom

And then shall there be peace and wisdom deep,

Who wrestle. And then there shall be again

For splendid victory. For no one there

But let there not be anyone a stranger

For gold or silver; in them there will be

Elect and faithful, there shall be confusion,

And there shall be upon them fearful wrath

But when there shall be many punishments

Yet afterward shall there a fiery wheel

And then one here, another there, shall sires,

Of them that moan, one here, another there,

For there no longer will be poor nor rich,

Nor shall there many days of anxious care,

Governing always, then shall there appear

When there shall pass among all men a stench

The entire multiform sky; and there shall flow

So there were three divisions of the earth

And fought not; for a father's oaths were there

But when the Titans heard that there were sons

Died. But then as time rolled around there rose

There will again be gold, and silver too,

And forthwith in them there shall be a force