Sirach 48:8

8 You anointed kings to bring retribution and prophets to succeed you.

Sirach 48:8 In-Context

6 You brought kings down to destruction and dragged the famous from their beds.

7 You heard a rebuke at Sinai and decrees of punishment at Horeb.

8 You anointed kings to bring retribution and prophets to succeed you.

9 You were taken up in a whirlwind of fire and in a chariot of fiery horses.

10 It is recorded that you are ready for the designated times, to calm anger before it turns to wrath, to turn the heart of a father to his son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.