2 Baruch 4:1-7
1And the Lord said unto me: 'This city shall be delivered up for a time, And the people shall be chastened during a time, And the world will not be given over to oblivion. 4:2-7. The heavenly Jerusalem
2[Dost you think that this is that city of which I said: "On the palms of My hands have I graven you"?
3This building now built in your midst is not that which is revealed with Me, that which prepared beforehand here from the time when I took counsel to make Paradise, and showed Adam before he sinned, but when he transgressed the commandment it was removed from him, as also Paradise.
4And after these things I showed it to My servant Abraham by night among the portions of the victims.
5And again also I showed it to Moses on Mount Sinai when I showed to the likeness of the tabernacle and all its vessels.
6And now, behold, it is preserved with Me, as Paradise.
7Go, therefore, and do as I command you.'] 5. Baruch's Complaint and God's Reassurance