Baruch 3:10
Good News Translation
Why is it, Israel, that you find yourself in an enemy land? Why have you grown old in a foreign country? You are ritually unclean, like the dead;

New Revised Standard Version
Why is it, O Israel, why is it that you are in the land of your enemies, that you are growing old in a foreign country, that you are defiled with the dead,

Contemporary English Version
You have lived in this enemy land so long that you are now much older. You are unfit to worship the Lord and are unclean, like a dead body.

New American Bible
How is it, Israel, that you are in the land of your foes, grown old in a foreign land,

Douay-Rheims Bible
How happeneth it, O Israel, that thou art in thy enemies' land?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

How happeneth it, O Israel, that thou art in thy enemies' land?

Baruch 3:8
And behold we are at this day in our captivity, whereby thou hast scattered us to be a reproach, and a curse, and an offence, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, who departed from thee, O Lord our God.

Baruch 3:9
Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear, that thou mayst learn wisdom.

Baruch 3:11
Thou art grown old in a strange country, thou art defiled with the dead: thou art counted with them that go down into hell.

Baruch 3:12
Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom:

Context
Baruch 3
9Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear, that thou mayst learn wisdom. 10How happeneth it, O Israel, that thou art in thy enemies' land? 11Thou art grown old in a strange country, thou art defiled with the dead: thou art counted with them that go down into hell.…
Cross References
Baruch 3:8
And behold we are at this day in our captivity, whereby thou hast scattered us to be a reproach, and a curse, and an offence, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, who departed from thee, O Lord our God.

Baruch 3:9
Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear, that thou mayst learn wisdom.

Baruch 3:11
Thou art grown old in a strange country, thou art defiled with the dead: thou art counted with them that go down into hell.

Baruch 3:12
Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom:



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Baruch 3:9
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