Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 49:7

ἐκάκωσαν γὰρ αὐτόν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν μήτρᾳ ἡγιάσθη προφήτης ἐκριζοῦν καὶ κακοῦν καὶ ἀπολλύειν, ὡσαύτως οἰκοδομεῖν καὶ καταφυτεύειν.
King James Version (KJV)

For they entreated him evil, who nevertheless was a prophet, sanctified in his mother's womb, that he might root out, and afflict, and destroy; and that he might build up also, and plant.

Modern English

For they mistreated Jeremiah, even though he was a prophet, set apart from his mother's womb to uproot, afflict, and destroy, and also to build up and to plant.

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