Baruch 2:8
King James VersionSource notes
“Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.”
Context
5Thus we were cast down, and not exalted, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, and have not been obedient unto his voice.
6To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness: but unto us and to our fathers open shame, as appeareth this day.
7For all these plagues are come upon us, which the Lord hath pronounced against us
8Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.
9Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.
10Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.
11And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day: