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Sirach 49:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Also of Nehemiah the memory is great. He raised up for us fallen walls, set up the gates and bars, and rebuilt our houses. "
Sirach 49:13
Verse in Context
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11 How shall we magnify Zerubbabel? He was like a signet ring on the right hand.
12 So was Jesus the son of Josedek, who in their days built the house, and exalted a people holy to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory.
13 Also of Nehemiah the memory is great. He raised up for us fallen walls, set up the gates and bars, and rebuilt our houses.
14 No man was created upon the earth like Enoch, for he was taken up from the earth.
15 Nor was there a man born like Joseph, a leader of his kindred, a supporter of the people. Even his bones were cared for.
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Sirach 49:1
"The memory of Josiah is like the composition of incense prepared by the work of the perfumer. It will be sweet as honey in every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine."
Sirach 49:2
"He did what was right in the reforming of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity."
Sirach 49:3
"He set his heart right toward the Lord. In lawless days, he made godliness prevail."
Sirach 49:4
"Except David, Hezekiah, and Josiah, all were wicked, because they abandoned the law of the Most High. The kings of Judah came to an end."
Sirach 49:5
"They gave their power to others, and their glory to a foreign nation."
Sirach 49:6
"They set the chosen city of the sanctuary on fire and made her streets desolate, as it was written by the hand of Jeremiah."
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