2 BARUCH 5
Preparation made by the malakim before the enemies arrive
5:1 And I answered and said: So then I shall be guilty in Zion, that YOUR haters will come to this place and pollute YOUR sanctuary, and carry off YOUR heritage into captivity, and rule over them whom YOU love. And then they will go away again to the land of their idols, and boast before them. And what have YOU done to YOUR great NAME?
5:2 And YAHWEH said to me: MY NAME and MY splendor shall last unto eternity. MY judgment, however, shall assert its rights in its own time.
5:3 And you shall see with your eyes that the enemy shall not destroy Zion and burn Yerusalem, but that they shall serve the Judge for a time.
5:4 You, however, go away and do all which I have said to you.
5:5 And I went away and took with me YermeYah and Adu and SeraiYah and Jabish and GedaliYah and all the nobles of the people. And I brought them to the valley of Kidron and told them all which had been said to me.
5:6 And they raised their voices and they all lamented.
5:7 And we sat there and fasted until the evening.