Bar 3:3
King James Version
“For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.”
Context
1O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.
2Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; ar thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee.
3For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.
4O Lord Almighty, thou God of Israel, hear now the prayers of the dead Israelites, and of their children, which have sinned before thee, and not hearkened unto the voice of thee their God: for the which cause these plagues cleave unto us.
5Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.
6For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, O Lord, will we praise.