Commentary on Baruch

Olympiodorus of Alexandria

Perhaps he mentions Baruch's ancestors because they were worthy of respect.

He had earlier been deported to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar: the same Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim, was also called Eliakim, because he had two names.

Even though the temple had been razed to the ground, they offered sacrifices on the spot where it was built. In fact, it was unlawful to offer sacrifices in a place other than Jerusalem.

God punished us justly, and today we are ashamed to be justly made prisoners.

Those who carry a great weight bend over due to their weakness. And the soul that is tormented and greatly saddened by its sins also confesses to be bowed down and weak.

Their eyes are failing perhaps in a concrete sense, due to misfortune, or perhaps it refers to those whose minds are darkened and do not reason.

After death, their bones were to suffer as a sign of the future judgment.

Those who have received condemnation for sin are dead. These words clearly indicate the immortal nature of the soul.

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