Baruch 4:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ I brought up my children with great delight, but I cried and mourned when they were taken from me. ¹² Let no one take pleasure in my suffering now that I am a widow and so many of my children have been taken from me. They turned away from God's Law, and their sins have made me a deserted city. ¹³ They had no respect for his commandments and would not live by them; they refused to let him guide them in the way of righteousness.