Comments by John Fairless
Previously published on Lectionarylab.com
Baruch 5:1-9
Baruch’s vision offers relief to those wearied by the cares of life; how appealing to be able to “take off the garment of sorrow and affliction” and to “put on forever the beauty of the glory from God!”
Notice particularly the contrast offered in vv. 5-6: the Israelites who su…