Sirach · Catholic Public Domain Version
Sirach 49 Catholic Public Domain Version
Notes on this text (3)
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Sirach is not in RV1909.
1 The memory of Josiah is like a blend of fragrances composed by the work of a perfumer.
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2 His remembrance will be sweet like honey in every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine.
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3 He was divinely directed for the repentance of the nation, and he took away the abominations of impiety.
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4 And he guided his heart toward the Lord. And during the days of sinners, he strengthened piety.
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5 Other than David, and Hezekiah, and Josiah, everyone committed sin.
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6 For the kings of Judah abandoned the law of the Most High, and they held contempt for the fear of God.
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7 For they gave their kingdom to foreigners, and their glory to a strange people.
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8 They set fire to the chosen city of sanctity, and they made its streets desolate, in accord with the hand of Jeremiah.
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9 For they treated him wickedly, though he was consecrated as a prophet from his mother’s womb: to overthrow, and to root out, and to destroy, and also to rebuild and to renew.
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10 It was Ezekiel who saw a vision of glory, which was revealed to him with the chariot of the Cherubim.
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11 For it called to mind the enemies under the figure of rain, to do good to those who have revealed the upright ways.
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12 And may the bones of the twelve prophets spring up from their place. For they strengthened Jacob, and they redeemed themselves with a virtuous faith.
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13 How will we magnify Zerubbabel? For he, too, was like a signet on the right hand.
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14 So also was Jesus, the son of Jozadak, who in their days built the house, and raised up a holy temple to the Lord, as a preparation for everlasting glory.
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15 And may Nehemiah be remembered for a long time. He raised up for us the walls that had been torn down. And he made firm the gates and the bars. He raised up our houses.
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16 No one has been born upon the earth like Enoch. And he was also taken up from the earth.
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17 And there was no one like Joseph, who was a man born to be foremost among his brothers, the firmament of his clan, a guide to his brethren, the mainstay of his people.
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18 And his bones were visited, and after death, they prophesied.
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19 Shem and Seth obtained glory among men. And above every soul, at the very beginning, was Adam.
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