Ben Sira 49:2-12

2 He did what was right by reforming the people, and removing the wicked abominations.
3 He kept his heart fixed on the Lord; in lawless times he made godliness prevail.
4 Except for David and Hezekiah and Josiah, all of them were great sinners, for they abandoned the law of the Most High; the kings of Judah came to an end.
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.
10 May the bones of the Twelve Prophets send forth new life from where they lie, for they comforted the people of Jacob and delivered them with confident hope.
11 How shall we magnify Zerubbabel? He was like a signet ring on the right hand,
12 and so was Jeshua son of Jozadak; in their days they built the house and raised a temple holy to the Lord, destined for everlasting glory.

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