Third Baruch

And turning, he also says to those who brought nothing, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Do not be sad, and do not weep, nor abandon the sons of men.’”

“But since they have provoked me with their works, go and provoke them to jealousy and anger, and embitter them with no people, with a senseless nation.”

“Still, with these, send forth cankerworm and devourer, blight and locust, hail with lightning and wrath. And cut them in two with the sword and with death, and their children with demons.”

“For they did not obey my voice, nor observe my commandments, nor did they perform them, but they became despisers of my commandments and my churches, and insolent to the priests who proclaimed my words to them.”