Sirach 49:7 - Catholic Public Domain Version

For they gave their kingdom to foreigners, and their glory to a strange people.

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Common English Bible

They mistreated him, even though he had been set apart from the womb to be a prophet to uproot, ruin, destroy, and likewise to build and plant.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation.

Good News Translation (US Version)

Jeremiah had been badly treated, even though he was chosen as a prophet before he was born, “to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow,” but also “to build and to plant.”

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

For they mistreated him; yet he was sanctified in the womb to be a prophet, to root out, to afflict, to destroy and likewise to build and to plant.

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

He had been chosen as a prophet before his birth and was later told to speak of doom and destruction, of rising and rebuilding. But the evil kings of Judah mistreated him.

Good News Bible (Anglicised)

Jeremiah had been badly treated, even though he was chosen as a prophet before he was born, “to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow,” but also “to build and to plant.”

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