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The Apocrypha (Deuterocanonical Books) · 168 of 174
Baruch 5
Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever.
Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh from God; and set a diadem on thine head of the glory of the Everlasting.
For God will shew thy brightness unto every country under heaven.
For thy name shall be called of God for ever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of God’s worship.
Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high, and look about toward the east, and behold thy children gathered from the west unto the east by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the remembrance of God.
For they departed from thee on foot, and were led away of their enemies: but God bringeth them unto thee exalted with glory, as children of the kingdom.
For God hath appointed that every high hill, and banks of long continuance, should be cast down, and valleys filled up, to make even the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God,
Moreover even the woods and every sweetsmelling tree shall overshadow Israel by the commandment of God.
For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.
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Why does Baruch tell Jerusalem to 'put on' garments and a diadem?
Baruch uses clothing and a diadem as images of God’s restorative action: “put off…mourning” and “put on the comeliness of the glory” describe a visible reversal where God gives righteousness and honor back to the city. The commands make the reversal communal and ceremonial, so Jerusalem’s change is public—she will “stand on high” and be known as “The peace of righteousness.”
This passage connects to Isaiah’s courtroom of restoration, where God remakes the landscape—hills cast down, valleys filled—to make a safe, level way for return. That same motif appears in Luke 1 (the Magnificat and related songs) where God raises the lowly and brings down the proud, framing salvation as both social and cosmic reordering.
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