Ben Sira 49:5

5 for they gave their power to others, and their glory to a foreign nation,

Ben Sira 49:5 In-Context

3 He set his heart upon the Lord; in the days of wicked men he strengthened godliness.

4 Except David and Hezekiah and Josiah they all sinned greatly, for they forsook the law of the Most High; the kings of Judah came to an end;

5 for 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 her streets desolate, according to the word of Jeremiah.

7 For they had afflicted him; yet he had been consecrated in the womb as prophet, to pluck up and afflict and destroy, and likewise to build and to plant.