et dicetis : Domino Deo nostro justitia, nobis autem confusio faciei nostræ, sicut est dies hæc omni Juda, et habitantibus in Jerusalem :
The Book of Baruch 1:15 Commentary
2 historical voicesHow the Church has read Baruch 1:15 across two millennia — Matthew Henry, John Calvin, Augustine of Hippo, John Chrysostom and more, gathered verse by verse from the public domain.
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COMMENTARY ON BARUCH 1:15-16
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.
FRAGMENTS ON BARUCH 1:15
God punished us justly, and today we are ashamed to be justly made prisoners.