Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation His people became so sinful that they were exiled from their land. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But God will not leave off his mercy, and he will not destroy, nor abolish his own works, neither will he cut up by the roots the offspring of his elect: and he will not utterly take away the seed of him that loveth the Lord. Sirach 47:22Thou hast stained thy glory, and defiled thy seed so as to bring wrath upon thy children, and to have thy folly kindled, Sirach 47:23 That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom to rule. Sirach 47:25 Wherefore he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David of the same stock. Sirach 47:26 And Solomon had an end with his fathers. Context Sirach 47…23That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom to rule. 24But God will not leave off his mercy, and he will not destroy, nor abolish his own works, neither will he cut up by the roots the offspring of his elect: and he will not utterly take away the seed of him that loveth the Lord. 25Wherefore he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David of the same stock.… Cross References Sirach 47:22 Thou hast stained thy glory, and defiled thy seed so as to bring wrath upon thy children, and to have thy folly kindled, Sirach 47:23 That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom to rule. Sirach 47:25 Wherefore he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David of the same stock. Sirach 47:26 And Solomon had an end with his fathers. |