Wisdom of Ben Sira 48:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ Despite all this, the people did not repent,
    nor did they give up their sins
until they were carried off as captives from their land
    and scattered over all the earth.
¹⁶ The people who were left were few in number,
    under a ruler from the house of David.
Some of them did what was right,
    but others continued to sin, and to a far greater extent.

¹⁷ Hezekiah fortified his city
    and brought water into it;
with iron tools he cut through the rock
    and built cisterns to hold the water.