Ben Sira 49:7

7 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.

Ben Sira 49:7 In-Context

5 They gave their power to others, and their glory to a foreign nation,
6 who set fire to the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made its streets desolate, as Jeremiah had foretold.
7 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.
8 It was Ezekiel who saw the vision of glory, which God showed him above the chariot of the cherubim.
9 For God also mentioned Job who held fast to all the ways of justice.
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