Ben Sira 48:15

15 For all this the people did not repent, and they did not forsake their sins, till they were carried away captive from their land and were scattered over all the earth; the people were left very few in number, but with rulers 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 As in his life he did wonders, so in death his deeds were marvelous.

15 For all this the people did not repent, and they did not forsake their sins, till they were carried away captive from their land and were scattered over all the earth; the people were left very few in number, but with rulers from the house of David.

16 Some of them did what was pleasing to God, but others multiplied sins.

17 Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into the midst of it; he tunneled the sheer rock with iron and built pools for water.