Baruch 2:21
Good News Translation
'Bend your backs and serve the king of Babylonia, and you can remain in the land that I gave to your ancestors.

New Revised Standard Version
Thus says the Lord: Bend your shoulders and serve the king of Babylon, and you will remain in the land that I gave to your ancestors.

Contemporary English Version
Long ago, your prophets gave us your message and told us that if we would obey the king of Babylonia and serve him, we would not be carried away from our homeland.

New American Bible
Thus says the LORD: Bend your necks and serve the king of Babylon, that you may continue in the land I gave your ancestors;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord: Bow down your shoulder, and your neck, and serve the king of Babylon: and you shall remain in the land which I have given to your fathers.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thus saith the Lord: Bow down your shoulder, and your neck, and serve the king of Babylon: and you shall remain in the land which I have given to your fathers.

Baruch 2:19
For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God:

Baruch 2:20
But because thou hast sent out thy wrath, and thy indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying:

Baruch 2:22
But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to serve the king of Babylon: I will cause you to depart out of the cities of Juda, and from without Jerusalem.

Baruch 2:23
And I will take away from you the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, and the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, and all the land shall be without any footstep of inhabitants.

Context
Baruch 2
20But because thou hast sent out thy wrath, and thy indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying: 21Thus saith the Lord: Bow down your shoulder, and your neck, and serve the king of Babylon: and you shall remain in the land which I have given to your fathers. 22But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to serve the king of Babylon: I will cause you to depart out of the cities of Juda, and from without Jerusalem.…
Cross References
Baruch 2:19
For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God:

Baruch 2:20
But because thou hast sent out thy wrath, and thy indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying:

Baruch 2:22
But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to serve the king of Babylon: I will cause you to depart out of the cities of Juda, and from without Jerusalem.

Baruch 2:23
And I will take away from you the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, and the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, and all the land shall be without any footstep of inhabitants.



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Baruch 2:20
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