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Sirach 46:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He utterly destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians and all the princes of the Philistines. "

Sirach 46:18

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16 When his enemies pressed on him on every side, he called upon the Lord, the Mighty One, with the offering of the suckling lamb.

17 Then the Lord thundered from heaven. He made his voice heard with a mighty sound.

18 He utterly destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians and all the princes of the Philistines.

19 Before the time of his age-long sleep, he testified in the sight of the lord and his anointed, “I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a sandal;” and no one accused him.

20 Even after he fell asleep, he prophesied, and showed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.

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Sirach 47:7

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"For he destroyed the enemies on every side, and defeated the Philistines his adversaries. He broke their horn in pieces to this day."

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2 Chronicles 9:26

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"He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt."

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1 Chronicles 10:9

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"They stripped him and took his head and his armor, then sent into the land of the Philistines all around to carry the news to their idols and to the people."

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1 Samuel 31:9

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"They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols and to the people."

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Sirach 10:16

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"The Lord overthrew the lands of nations and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth."

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Job 12:19

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"He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty."

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Sirach 46:1

"Joshua the son of Nun was valiant in war, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies. He was made great according to his name for the saving of God’s elect, to take vengeance on the enemies that rose up against them, that he might give Israel their inheritance."

Sirach 46:2

"How he was glorified in the lifting up his hands, and in stretching out his sword against the cities!"

Sirach 46:3

"Who before him stood so firm? For the Lord himself brought his enemies to him."

Sirach 46:4

"Didn’t the sun go back by his hand? Didn’t one day become as two?"

Sirach 46:5

"He called upon the Most High, the Mighty One, when his foes pressed in all around him, and the great Lord heard him."

Sirach 46:6

"With hailstones of mighty power, he caused war to break violently upon the nation, and on the slope he destroyed those who resisted, so that the nations might know his armor, how he fought in the sight of the Lord; for he followed the Mighty One."

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