Sirach 48:6-8

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⁶You sent kings down to destruction,
    and famous men, from their sickbeds.
⁷You heard rebuke at Sinai
    and judgements of vengeance at Horeb.
⁸You anointed kings to inflict retribution,
    and prophets to succeed you.^[a]

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Sirach 48:8 Heb: Gk him

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