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) 17 Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into its midst. He tunneled through rock with iron, and built cisterns for water. (WEB)
Sirach 48:15–17
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