Baruch 3:10
“How happeneth it, Israel, that thou art in thine enemies land, that thou art waxen old in a strange countrey, that thou art defiled with the dead?”
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Baruch 3:10 Context
8Behold, we are yet this day in our captiuity, where thou hast scattered vs, for a reproch and a curse, and to be subiect to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers which departed from the Lord our God. 9Heare, Israel, the commandements of life, giue eare to vnderstand wisedome. 10How happeneth it, Israel, that thou art in thine enemies land, that thou art waxen old in a strange countrey, that thou art defiled with the dead? 11That thou art counted with them that goe downe into the graue? 12Thou hast forsaken the fountaine of wisedome.
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How happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thine enemies' land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,
- King James Version
How has it happened, Israel, that you are in your enemies' land, that you have grown old in a strange country, that you are defiled with the dead,
- World English Bible