Sirach 49
49
Josiah
1The memory#49.1 Heb name of Josiah
is like a blend of incense,
prepared with skill by a perfumer.
It will be sweet in the mouth, like honey,
like music at a wine-drinking party.
2He succeeded in turning around
the people,
and he removed unlawful displays
of idolatry.
3He directed his heart toward the Lord;
at a time of lawlessness,
he made devotion to God stronger.
Destruction of Jerusalem
4Except for David, Hezekiah, and Josiah,
all of them struck a bad chord,
because they abandoned
the Law of the Most High.
The kings of Judah came to an end.
5They gave their power#49.5 LXX horn to others
and their glory to a foreign nation,
6which set fire to Jerusalem, the chosen city, and its sanctuary
and made its streets desolate,
as Jeremiah said.
7They 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.
Ezekiel
8Ezekiel saw a vision of glory,
when God showed him
the chariot of the winged creatures.
9He remembered the enemies
in the storm,
and favored those keeping
to a righteous path.#49.9 Heb God also remembered Job, a prophet, who held fast to all the ways of righteousness.
10May the bones of the twelve prophets
sprout new life from their
burial places,
because they comforted Jacob
and rescued them
with hopeful confidence.
Zerubbabel, Joshua, and Nehemiah
11How should we praise Zerubbabel?
He also was like a signet ring
on the right hand,
12as was Joshua, Jozadak’s son.
In their time, they built a house
and raised a holy temple to the Lord,
prepared for everlasting glory.
13Nehemiah’s memory is lasting;
he who raised our fallen walls,
set up gates and bars,
and rebuilt our buildings.
Miscellaneous ancestors
14No one was created on the earth
who was like Enoch,
for he was taken up from the earth.
15Nor has any man been born like Joseph,
a leader of his brothers,
a support for the people.#49.15 Heb lacks a support for the people.
They took special care
even of his bones.
16Shem and Seth were honored
among human beings,#49.16 Heb adds Enosh to the list.
and above every living thing in creation
was Adam.
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