Baruch — Chapter 2
Synopsis: Continuation of confession: God has fulfilled the curses of Deuteronomy 28 upon Israel for her sins. Prayer for mercy: God should act for the sake of His holy Name (that it not be profaned among the nations), and because He has promised to restore those who return to Him with all their heart. God will be incarnate to teach wisdom to mankind.
Verse 11
And now, O Lord God of Israel, who hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with thy great power, and with a mighty arm. Baruch's prayer appeals to the great Exodus as the ground of confidence in a new liberation. Lapide: the pattern of prayer in Scripture: appeal to God's past acts of salvation as the basis for petitioning His present mercy.
Verse 34
I will bring them back into the land which I promised to their fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be masters thereof: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished. God's promise of restoration — the covenant with the Patriarchs is invoked as the unshakeable ground of hope even in exile. Lapide: the covenant promises are permanent; exile is temporary.