Ben Sira 48:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 Despite all this the people did not repent,
nor did they give up their sins,
Until they were uprooted from their land
and scattered all over the earth.
Judah
But Judah remained, a tiny people,
with its ruler from the house of David.(A)
16 Some of them did what was right,
but others were extremely sinful.
Hezekiah and Isaiah[a]
17 Hezekiah fortified his city
and had water brought into it;(B)
With bronze tools he cut through the rocks
and dammed up a mountain site for water.[b]
Footnotes
- 48:17–25 The fidelity of King Hezekiah (vv. 17, 22), the zeal of the prophet Isaiah, and the prayer of the people (v. 20) were effective. The Assyrian oppressors under Sennacherib withdrew (vv. 18–19, 21). The king’s life was prolonged. The people were consoled by Isaiah’s words about the future (vv. 23–25); the “consolations” refer to Is 40–66.
- 48:17 The reference is to the famous Siloam tunnel in present-day Jerusalem.
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