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Read›Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)›Chapter 49
In 4 translations
- KJV
- They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremias.
- WEB
- They set the chosen city of the sanctuary on fire and made her streets desolate, as it was written by the hand of Jeremiah.
- DRC49:8
- They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.
- LXXE
- They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremias.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br
- Ἐνεπύρισαν ἐκλεκτὴν πόλιν ἁγιάσματος, καὶ ἠρήμωσαν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἐν χειρὶ Ἱερεμίου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 49:8 in some Bibles
- 49:6 in most Bibles