4 Except Davidm, Hezekiah, nand Josiah,

They all dealt utterly corruptlyn,

Ando forsook the Law pof the Most Highp—

The kings of Judah, till [they came to] their end;

5 And their mightq was givenr unto otherss,

And their glory to a stranget nation;

6 And so uthe Holy Cityu was burned,

And the ways thereof laid waste

Throughv Jeremiah; 7 because they had persecutedx him,

And he a prophet formedy from the womb,

HB ‘To pluck up, to break downz, and to destroy,

And likewise to build, and to plant,’ aand to strengthena.

(r) 49:8–10. Ezekiel, Job, and the Twelve Prophets (2 + 2 distichs).