Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Jeremiah had been badly treated, even though he was chosen as a prophet before he was born, "to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow," but also "to build and to plant." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation, Sirach 49:5Except David, and Ezechias and Josias, all committed sin. Sirach 49:6 For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God. Sirach 49:8 They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias. Sirach 49:9 For they treated him evil, who was consecrated a prophet from his mother's womb, to overthrow, and pluck up, and destroy, and to build again, and renew. Context Sirach 49…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, 8They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.… Cross References Sirach 49:5 Except David, and Ezechias and Josias, all committed sin. Sirach 49:6 For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God. Sirach 49:8 They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias. Sirach 49:9 For they treated him evil, who was consecrated a prophet from his mother's womb, to overthrow, and pluck up, and destroy, and to build again, and renew. |