Verse (Click for Chapter) Douay-Rheims Bible With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion. Sirach 48:25For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and walked valiantly in the way of David his father, which Isaias, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God, had commanded him. Sirach 48:26 In his days the sun wen backward, and he lengthened the king's life. Sirach 48:28 He showed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things before they came. Sirach 49:1 The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer: Context Sirach 48…26In his days the sun wen backward, and he lengthened the king's life. 27With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion. 28He showed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things before they came.… Cross References Sirach 48:25 For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and walked valiantly in the way of David his father, which Isaias, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God, had commanded him. Sirach 48:26 In his days the sun wen backward, and he lengthened the king's life. Sirach 48:28 He showed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things before they came. Sirach 49:1 The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer: |