Baruch 3: 24 - 37
Revised Standard Version
3:24 O Israel, how great is the house of God! And how vast the territory
that he possesses!
3:25 It is great and has no bounds; it is high and immeasurable.
3:26 The giants were born there, who were famous of old, great in stature,
expert in war.
3:27 God did not choose them, nor give them the way to knowledge;
3:28 so they perished because they had no wisdom, they perished through
their folly.
3:29 Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from
the clouds?
3:30 Who has gone over the sea, and found her, and will buy her for pure
gold?
3:31 No one knows the way to her, or is concerned about the path to her.
3:32 But he who knows all things knows her, he found her by his understanding.
He who prepared the earth for all time filled it with four-footed creatures;
3:33 he who sends forth the light, and it goes, called it, and it obeyed
him in fear;
3:34 the stars shone in their watches, and were glad; he called them, and
they said, "Here we are!" They shone with gladness for him who made them.
3:35 This is our God; no other can be compared to him!
3:36 He found the whole way to knowledge, and gave her to Jacob his servant
and to Israel whom he loved.
3:37 Afterward she appeared upon earth and lived among men.