Baruch 2:20-22

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²⁰ For you have sent your anger and your wrath upon us, as you declared by your servants the prophets, saying: ²¹ Thus says the Lord: Bend your shoulders and serve the king of Babylon, and you will remain in the land that I gave to your ancestors. ²² But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord and will not serve the king of Babylon,