Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation who set fire to the holy city and left its streets deserted, just as Jeremiah had predicted. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God. Sirach 49:4And he directed his heart towards the Lord, and in the days of sinners he strengthened godliness. Sirach 49:5 Except David, and Ezechias and Josias, all committed sin. Sirach 49:7 So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation, Sirach 49:8 They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias. Context Sirach 49…5Except David, and Ezechias and Josias, all committed sin. 6For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God. 7So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation,… Cross References Sirach 49:4 And he directed his heart towards the Lord, and in the days of sinners he strengthened godliness. Sirach 49:5 Except David, and Ezechias and Josias, all committed sin. Sirach 49:7 So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation, Sirach 49:8 They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias. |