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Sirach 49:6
which set fire to Jerusalem, the chosen city, and its sanctuary and made its streets desolate, as Jeremiah said.
For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God.
who set fire to the holy city and left its streets deserted, just as Jeremiah had predicted.
Who burned the holy city and left its streets desolate,
The chosen city, the city of the sanctuary, was set on fire, and its streets were left desolate,
who set fire to the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made its streets desolate, as Jeremiah had foretold.
who set fire to the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made its streets desolate, as Jeremiah had foretold.
who set fire to the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made its streets desolate, as Jeremiah had foretold.
who set fire to the chosen city of the sanctuary and made its streets desolate, as Jeremiah had foretold.
who set fire to the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made her streets desolate, according to the word of Jeremiah.
who set fire to the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made her streets desolate, according to the word of Jeremiah.
They burnt the chosen city of holiness; and they made the ways thereof forsaken [or desert(ed)] in the hand of Jeremy (or Jeremiah).
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