Sirach 48:6-8

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⁶ who sent kings down to destruction
    and famous men from their sickbeds,^(A)
7 who heard rebuke at Sinai
    and judgments of vengeance at Horeb,^(B)
8 who anointed kings to inflict retribution
    and prophets to succeed you,^[a](C)