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Sirach 49:5-7
Wycliffe Bible
Sirach 49:5-7
Wycliffe Bible
5 For they gave their realm to other men, and their glory to an alien folk. [Forsooth they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to an alien folk.]
6 They burnt the chosen city of holiness; and they made the ways thereof forsaken [or desert(ed)] in the hand of Jeremy (or Jeremiah).
7 For they treated evil him, which from the womb of the mother was hallowed a prophet, to turn upside-down, and to lose, (or to destroy), and again to build (up), and make new. [For why evil they treated him, that from the womb of the mother is (made) sacred, (or consecrated), a prophet, to turn upside-down, and to lose, (or to destroy), and again to build up, and to renew.]
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