Chapter 4

4:2 - And the great angel trumpeted, saying: Enter the city, host of the Chaldeans; for behold, the gate is opened for you.

4:3 - Therefore let the king enter, with his multitudes, and let him take all the people captive.

4:4 - But taking the keys of the temple, Jeremiah went outside the city and threw them away in the presence of the sun, saying: I say to you, Sun, take the keys of the temple of God and guard them until the day in which the Lord asks you for them.

4:5 - For we have not been found worthy to keep them, for we have become unfaithful guardians.

4:6 - While Jeremiah was still weeping for the people, they brought him out with the people and dragged them into Babylon.

4:7 - But Baruch put dust on his head and sat and wailed this lamentation, saying: Why has Jerusalem been devastated? Because of the sins of the beloved people she was delivered into the hands of enemies -- because of our sins and those of the people.

4:8 - But let not the lawless ones boast and say: "We were strong enough to take the city of God by our might;" but it was delivered to you because of our sins.

4:9 - And God will pity us and cause us to return to our city, but you will not survive!

4:10 - Blessed are our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for they departed from this world and did not see the destruction of this city.

4:11 - When he had said this, Baruch departed from the city, weeping and saying: Grieving because of you, Jerusalem, I went out from you.