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Var.4:1–8. Continuation of the speech about wisdom. Var.4:9–29. Jerusalem's appeal to her children with consolation. Var.4:30–37. The encouragement with which the prophet addresses Jerusalem. Bar.4:1 This is the book of the commandments of God and the law that endures forever. All who hold on to it will live, but those who leave it will die. Var.4:1–8. Wisdom contains all the laws that can bestow well-being to the people who follow them. If Israel now suffers, it is because of her apostasy from God, the source of wisdom. 1. The law can be called eternal as a revelation of the eternal wisdom of God; In particular, this must be said about its moral content. “If you want to enter eternal life,” the Lord Jesus Christ said to one young man, “then keep the commandments” (Law of Moses, Matt. 19:17). From this it is clear that the moral commandments of the Mosaic Law were also accepted in Christianity and from it they received the stamp of eternity, eternal obligation. Bar.4:2 Turn, Jacob, and take it, walk in the brightness of its light. Var.4:3 Do not give your glory to another, nor what is useful to you to a foreign people. Bar.4:4 Happy are we, Israel, that we know what is pleasing to God. 4. Wed. Deut.4:8 and Ps.147:6–9. Bar.4:5 Be of good cheer, my people, monument of Israel! 5. "Monument of Israel". The small number of remaining Israelites constitutes a monument, as it were, to their great ancestor, Jacob or Israel. God will not allow this monument of the great patriarch to be destroyed, and therefore the Israeli people should not lose heart (“dare!”). Bar.4:6 You were not handed over to the pagans to be destroyed, but because you angered God, you were handed over to your enemies; Bar.4:7 For you have provoked Him who created you by sacrificing sacrifices to demons and not to God. Bar.4:8 You have forgotten the eternal God who feeds you, and you have also grieved Jerusalem, which raised you, 8. Jerusalem is the Old Testament Church, represented by its best servants - true prophets, pious priests and kings. Bar.4:9 For he saw the wrath of God come upon you and said, “Listen, inhabitants of Zion, God has brought great tribulation upon me, Var.4:9–29. Jerusalem, like a widow deprived of children, mourns both herself and her children, who were taken into captivity by the Chaldeans. He cannot help his children in any way and will only pray to God for them (Bar.4:9-20). The Jews are captives and, for their part, must beg God for release from captivity (Bar.4:21-24). While enduring disasters in captivity, they must at the same time constantly ask God for help (Bar.4:21-29). 9 . “The inhabitants of Zion” are the peoples who lived near Jerusalem and witnessed all the misfortunes that befell Jerusalem. Bar.4:10 For I have seen the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Eternal brought upon them. Var.4:11 I fed them with joy, but sent them away with weeping and sorrow. Bar.4:12 Let no one rejoice over me, who am widowed and forsaken by many; I am desolate for the sins of my children, for they have turned aside from the law of God; Bar.4:13 They did not know His statutes, they did not walk in the ways of the commandments of God, and they did not enter into the paths of teaching in His righteousness. Bar.4:14 Come, inhabitants of Zion, and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Eternal brought upon them. Bar.4:15 For He brought a people against them from afar, an insolent and foreign-speaking people: for they were not ashamed of the old man, and had no compassion on the child, Bar.4:16 And they took away the widow's beloved sons, and deprived the lonely daughter of hers. Var.4:17 How can I help you? Bar.4:18 He who brought these disasters upon you will deliver you from the hand of your enemies. Var.4:19 Go, children, go, for I am left empty. 19. “Go…” is an expression that is not entirely suitable for those who have been in captivity for a long time. Perhaps there was some other word in the original, which the translator did not accurately convey with the expression: βαδίζετε. Bar.4:20 I have put off the robe of the world and clothed myself with the sackcloth of my prayer; I will cry to the Eternal in my days. 20. “Clothes of the world” - clothes that were worn in ordinary times. “Sackcloth” is rough clothing worn on the occasion of some great misfortune. Bar.4:21 Be bold, children, call on God, and He will deliver you from violence, from the hand of your enemies. Bar.4:22 For I looked for your salvation from the Eternal, and joy came to me from the Holy One about the mercy that will soon come to you from the Eternal, our Savior. Bar.4:23 I sent you away with sorrow and sorrow, but God will bring you back to me with joy and gladness forever. Bar.4:24 For just as the inhabitants of Zion have now seen your captivity, so they will soon see your salvation from God, which will come to you with great glory and the majesty of the Eternal. Var.4:25 Children! endure the wrath that has befallen you from God: the enemy has pursued you, but you will soon see his destruction and step on his neck. 25. The prophecy that Israel will step on the neck of its enemies must be understood as a hyperbolic expression. Var.4:26 Those brought up by me in bliss went the hard way, captured like a flock plundered by enemies. Bar.4:27 Take courage, children, and cry out to God, for He who brought this upon you will remember you. Var.4:28 Whatever your determination was to withdraw from God, increase it tenfold to turn and seek Him, Bar.4:29 For He who brought these disasters upon you will bring upon you eternal joy with salvation.” Var.4:30 Be of good cheer, O Jerusalem! He who gave you a name will comfort you. Var.4:30–37. For his part, the writer of the book addresses Jerusalem with encouragement. The main thing he draws attention to is the fall of Babylon, which oppressed the Jews. Yes, Babylon will be destroyed and Jerusalem will see her sons again! 30. “He who gave you a name,” that is, who loved you and chose you to be His holy city (cf. Ex. 31:2). Var.4:31 Unhappy are those who insulted you and rejoiced at your fall. Bar.4:32 Miserable are the cities that your children served, miserable is the land that received your sons, Bar.4:33 For as she rejoiced over your fall and rejoiced over your defeat, so she will mourn over her desolation. Var.4:34 I will take away from her the joy of the multitude of her people, and her boasting will turn into sorrow; Var.4:35 For fire will come upon her from the Eternal for a long time, and she will be inhabited by demons for a very long time. Bar.4:36 Look, O Jerusalem, to the east, and see the joy coming to you from God. Bar.4:37 Behold, your sons, whom you sent away, are coming, gathered from east to west by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.