Josiah

¹The memory of Josiah[#49.1 Heb name]

is like a blend of incense,

prepared with skill by a perfumer.

It will be sweet in the mouth, like honey,

like music at a wine-drinking party.

²He succeeded in turning around

the people,

and he removed unlawful displays

of idolatry.

³He directed his heart toward the Lord;

at a time of lawlessness,

he made devotion to God stronger.

Destruction of Jerusalem

⁴Except for David, Hezekiah, and Josiah,

The kings of Judah came to an end.

⁵They gave their power to others[#49.5 LXX horn]

and their glory to a foreign nation,

⁷They mistreated him,

even though he had been set apart

from the womb to be a prophet

Ezekiel

⁸Ezekiel saw a vision of glory,

when God showed him

the chariot of the winged creatures.

⁹He remembered the enemies

in the storm,

and favored those keeping

to a righteous path.

¹⁰May the bones of the twelve prophets

sprout new life from their

burial places,

because they comforted Jacob

and rescued them

with hopeful confidence.

Zerubbabel, Joshua, and Nehemiah

¹¹How should we praise Zerubbabel?

He also was like a signet ring

on the right hand,

¹²as was Joshua, Jozadak’s son.

In their time, they built a house

and raised a holy temple to the Lord,

¹³Nehemiah’s memory is lasting;

he who raised our fallen walls,

set up gates and bars,

and rebuilt our buildings.

Miscellaneous ancestors

¹⁴No one was created on the earth

who was like Enoch,

for he was taken up from the earth.

¹⁵Nor has any man been born like Joseph,

a leader of his brothers,

a support for the people.

They took special care

even of his bones.

¹⁶Shem and Seth were honored

among human beings,

and above every living thing in creation

was Adam.