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) 16 Some of them did that which was right, but some multiplied sins. (WEB)
Sirach 48:14–16
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Judith 5:16–18
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Psalms 78:31–33
31 God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel. 32 In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe. 33 So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudde…
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Psalms 106:40–42
40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance. 41 He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
2 Esdras 3:7–9
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Psalms of Solomon 2:8–10
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Ezekiel 36:18–20
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