1. The memory of Josiah is like a blend of fragrances composed by the work of a perfumer.
2. His remembrance will be sweet like honey in every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine.
3. He was divinely directed for the repentance of the nation, and he took away the abominations of impiety.
4. And he guided his heart toward the Lord. And during the days of sinners, he strengthened piety.
5. Other than David, and Hezekiah, and Josiah, everyone committed sin.
6. For the kings of Judah abandoned the law of the Most High, and they held contempt for the fear of God.
7. For they gave their kingdom to foreigners, and their glory to a strange people.
8. They set fire to the chosen city of sanctity, and they made its streets desolate, in accord with the hand of Jeremiah.
9. For they treated him wickedly, though he was consecrated as a prophet from his mother's womb: to overthrow, and to root out, and to destroy, and also to rebuild and to renew.