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 Hezekiah and Josiah, were defective: For they forsook the law of the most High, Even the kings of Judah failed;

— Sirach 49:5 —

⁶They burned the chosen city of the sanctuary, And made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah.

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.