Ben Sira 48:15

15 Despite all this the people did not repent, nor did they forsake their sins, until they were carried off as plunder from their land, and were scattered over all the earth. The people were left very few in number, but with a ruler from the house of David.

Ben Sira 48:15 In-Context

13 Nothing was too hard for him, and when he was dead, his body prophesied.

14 In his life he did wonders, and in death his deeds were marvelous.

15 Despite all this the people did not repent, nor did they forsake their sins, until they were carried off as plunder from their land, and were scattered over all the earth. The people were left very few in number, but with a ruler from the house of David.

16 Some of them did what was right, but others sinned more and more.

17 Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into its midst; he tunneled the rock with iron tools, and built cisterns for the water.