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This page is written in Syriac and recounts a historical-theological narrative of the Israelites, their settlement in the Promised Land, their subsequent disobedience, and the resulting exile and eventual return.
...from them as was the will of God, as He chose them that they might be a chosen people unto Him. And when they entered the Promised Land, they planted trees for themselves and sowed seed. And they built cities for themselves and rejoiced in all the good things that the Lord God had given them. And when they multiplied and became wealthy and established, they forgot God, their Savior. And they worshipped foreign idols and provoked the Lord with their deeds. And the Lord left them in the hands of their enemies, and they enslaved them. And they were greatly oppressed. And when they turned and cried out to the Lord, He heard their voice and saved them. And He raised up saviors for them as He had at all times. And He established them in the land of their inheritance. And when they sinned again before Him, He delivered them to Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon. And he led them into captivity, and there they sat for seventy years.
And when the years of captivity were completed, the Lord remembered them in His mercies and returned them to their land. And they built the Temple and the city. And they rejoiced in the salvation that was from the Lord. And they listened to the Law and the Prophets. And they were prepared to receive the Messiah, the Savior of the world. And when the Messiah came in the flesh, they did not receive Him. But they denied Him and crucified Him. And because of this, they were scattered among all the nations. And their land and their Temple were destroyed. And behold, until this day, they are in this state of humiliation because they did not know the time of their visitation, and they did not accept the Savior who came for their salvation.