Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. Sirach 24:13And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect. Sirach 24:14 From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him. Sirach 24:16 And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. Sirach 24:17 I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion. Context Sirach 24…14From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him. 15And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. 16And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.… Cross References Sirach 24:13 And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect. Sirach 24:14 From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him. Sirach 24:16 And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints. Sirach 24:17 I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion. |
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