OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 49:7

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For they mistreated him; yet he was sanctified in the womb to be a prophet, to root out, to afflict, to destroy and likewise to build and to plant.

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Verse 7. They gave. Achaz called in to his assistance the king of Assyria, who afterwards claimed the kingdom as tributary to him, 4 Kennicott. 18:7. 14. Greek “He (God. Calmet. Alex. copy has They) gave their horn,” and so forth Bible.

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