Sirach 49:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ They gave their power^[a] to others
    and their glory to a foreign nation,
⁶         which set fire to Jerusalem, the chosen city, and its sanctuary
        and made its streets desolate,
        as Jeremiah said.
⁷ They mistreated him,
    even though he had been set apart
    from the womb to be a prophet
        to uproot, ruin, destroy,
        and likewise to build and plant.