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Sirach 49:7
They mistreated him, even though he had been set apart from the womb to be a prophet to uproot, ruin, destroy, and likewise to build and plant.
So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation.
Jeremiah had been badly treated, even though he was chosen as a prophet before he was born, to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, but also to build and to plant.
As foretold by Jeremiah. 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.
as Jeremiah had predicted. For they had mistreated him, even though while still in the womb he had been consecrated a prophet to uproot, pull down, and destroy, but also to build and plant.
For they had maltreated him, who even in the womb had been consecrated a prophet, to pluck up and ruin and destroy, and likewise to build and to plant.
For they had maltreated him, who even in the womb had been consecrated a prophet, to pluck up and ruin and destroy, and likewise to build and to plant.
For they had mistreated him, who even in the womb had been consecrated a prophet, to pluck up and ruin and destroy, and likewise to build and to plant.
For they had mistreated him, who even in the womb had been consecrated a prophet, to pluck up and ruin and destroy and likewise to build and to plant.
For they had afflicted him; yet he had been consecrated in the womb as prophet, to pluck up and afflict and destroy, and likewise to build and to plant.
For they had afflicted him; yet he had been consecrated in the womb as prophet, to pluck up and afflict and destroy, and likewise to build and to plant.
For they treated evil him, which from the womb of the mother was hallowed a prophet, to turn upside-down, and to lose, (or to destroy), and again to build (up), and make new. [For why evil they treated him, that from the womb of the mother is (made) sacred, (or consecrated), a prophet, to turn upside-down, and to lose, (or to destroy), and again to build up, and to renew.]
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