Ben Sira 49:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 So he gave over their power to others,
their glory to a foreign nation
6 Who burned the holy city
and left its streets desolate,
7 As foretold by Jeremiah.(A) They mistreated him
who even in the womb had been made a prophet,
To root out, pull down, and destroy,
and then to build and to plant.(B)
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