THE THINGS OMITTED FROM JEREMIAH THE PROPHET

Chapter 1

1:2 - For your prayers are like a solid pillar in its midst, and like an indestructible wall surrounding it.

1:3 - Now, then, arise and depart before the host of the Chaldeans surrounds it.

1:4 - And Jeremiah answered, saying: I beseech you, Lord, permit me, your servant, to speak in your presence.

1:5 - And the Lord said to him: Speak, my chosen one Jeremiah.

1:6 - And Jeremiah spoke, saying: Lord Almighty, would you deliver the chosen city into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that the king with the multitude of his people might boast and say: "I have prevailed over the holy city of God"?

1:7 - No, my Lord, but if it is your will, let it be destroyed by your hands.

1:8 - And the Lord said to Jeremiah: Since you are my chosen one, arise and depart form this city, you and Baruch, for I am going to destroy it because of the multitude of the sins of those who dwell in it.

1:9 - For neither the king nor his host will be able to enter it unless I first open its gates.

1:10 - Arise, then, and go to Baruch, and tell him these words.

1:11 - And when you have arisen at the sixth hour of the night, go out on the city walls and I will show you that unless I first destroy the city, they cannot enter it.