Baruch 2:17
King James VersionSource notes
“Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:”
Context
14Hear our prayers, O Lord, and our petitions, and deliver us for thine own sake, and give us favour in the sight of them which have led us away:
15That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by thy name.
16O Lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.
17Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:
18But the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give thee praise and righteousness, O Lord.
19Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before thee, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.
20For thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by thy servants the prophets, saying,