People’s Open Bible

2 Baruch 6

Baruch Sees Angels Guarding Zion

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1And it happened on the next day that, behold, the forces of the Chaldeans surrounded the city. And at evening time I, Baruch, left the people, and I went out and stood by the oak, and I was grieving over Zion and lamenting over the captivity that had come upon the people. And I was filled with a spirit of strength, and I was lifted up on high above the square of Jerusalem. And I saw, behold, four angels standing at the four corners of the city, each of them holding a torch.

2And behold, suddenly a spirit of strength lifted me up and carried me above the wall of Jerusalem; and I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the city, each one holding a flaming torch in his hands.

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