Ben Sira 49:5

5 They surrendered their power and honor to foreigners,

Ben Sira 49:5 In-Context

3 He was completely loyal to the Lord and strengthened true religion in those wicked times.

4 All the kings, except David, Hezekiah, and Josiah, were terrible sinners, because they abandoned the Law of the Most High to the very end of the kingdom.

5 They surrendered their power and honor to foreigners,

6 who set fire to the holy city and left its streets deserted, just as Jeremiah had predicted.

7 Jeremiah had been badly treated, even though he was chosen as a prophet before he was born, "to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow," but also "to build and to plant."