3. He kept his heart fixed on God,and in times of lawlessness practiced virtue.
4. Except for David, Hezekiah, and Josiah,they all were wicked;They abandoned the Law of the Most High,these kings of Judah, right to the very end.
5. So he gave over their power to others,their glory to a foreign nation
6. Who burned the holy cityand left its streets desolate,
7. As foretold by Jeremiah. They mistreated himwho even in the womb had been made a prophet,To root out, pull down, and destroy,and then to build and to plant.