Sirach 49:5

³He directed his heart unto the Lord, and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.

⁴All, except David and Ezekias and Josias, were defective: for they forsook the law of the most High, even the kings of Juda failed.

— Sirach 49:5 —

⁶They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremias.

⁷For they entreated him evil, who nevertheless was a prophet, sanctified in his mother’s womb, that he might root out, and afflict, and destroy; and that he might build up also, and plant.