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Sirach 49:10-19 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

10. It was Ezekiel who saw a vision of glory, which was revealed to him with the chariot of the Cherubim.

11. For it called to mind the enemies under the figure of rain, to do good to those who have revealed the upright ways.

12. And may the bones of the twelve prophets spring up from their place. For they strengthened Jacob, and they redeemed themselves with a virtuous faith.

13. How will we magnify Zerubbabel? For he, too, was like a signet on the right hand.

14. So also was Jesus, the son of Jozadak, who in their days built the house, and raised up a holy temple to the Lord, as a preparation for everlasting glory.

15. And may Nehemiah be remembered for a long time. He raised up for us the walls that had been torn down. And he made firm the gates and the bars. He raised up our houses.

16. No one has been born upon the earth like Enoch. And he was also taken up from the earth.

17. And there was no one like Joseph, who was a man born to be foremost among his brothers, the firmament of his clan, a guide to his brethren, the mainstay of his people.

18. And his bones were visited, and after death, they prophesied.

19. Shem and Seth obtained glory among men. And above every soul, at the very beginning, was Adam.

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