Baruch 2:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Thus were they cast down, and not exalted, because we sinned against the Lord our God, in not hearkening unto his voice.

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They were brought down and not lifted up, because we sinned against the Lord our God by not listening to his voice.

And we were brought down low and were not raised up, because we sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice.

And we are brought under, and are not uppermost: because we have sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice.

We sinned against the Lord our God and refused to obey him. Therefore, our nation was conquered, instead of being victorious.

Thus they were cast down and not exalted, because we sinned against the Lord our God in not listening to his voice.

Our country was defeated and humiliated in every way, because we had disobeyed the Lord our God and sinned against him.