Sirach 47 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Sirach 47Nathan

1 of his people.

6 to our own day.

8

10He gave beauty to the festivals

and arranged their times throughout the year,

while they praised God’s holy name

and the sanctuary resounded from early morning.

11 forever;

he gave him a covenant of kingship

and a glorious throne in Israel.

Solomon

12After him a wise son rose up

who because of him lived in security:

13 with understanding.

15 at your folly,

21 to perish;

he will never blot out the descendants of his chosen one

or destroy the family line of him who loved him.

So he gave a remnant to Jacob

and to David a root from his own family.

Rehoboam and Jeroboam

23 folly and lacking in sense,

Rehoboam, whose policy drove the people to revolt.

Then Jeroboam son of Nebat led Israel into sin

and started Ephraim on its sinful ways.

24 2 Kings 17.6, 18 Their sins increased more and more

until they were exiled from their land.

25For they sought out every kind of wickedness

until vengeance came upon them.