13 Nothing was too hard for him. When he was buried, his body prophesied. (WEB) 14 As in his life he did wonders, so his works were also marvelous in death. (WEB) 15 For all this the people didn’t repent. They didn’t depart from their sins, until they were carried away as a plunder from their land, and were scattered through all the earth. The people were left very few in number, but with a ruler from the house of David. (WEB)
Sirach 48:13–15
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