“God's judgment against us is extremely just: we deserve shame, all of us having transgressed. Indeed, like the kings, even the priests have done what is forbidden.”
Theodoret of Cyrus, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON BARUCH 1:15-16
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15And ye shall say, To the Lord our God belongeth righteousness, but unto us the confusion of faces, as it is come to pass this day, unto them of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
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13Pray for us also unto the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God; and unto this day the fury of the Lord and his wrath is not turned from us.
14And ye shall read this book which we have sent unto you, to make confession in the house of the Lord, upon the feasts and solemn days.
— Baruch 1:15 —
16And to our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers: