1 Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire. His word burned like a torch. (WEB) 2 He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal made them few in number. (WEB) 3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens. He brought down fire three times. (WEB) 4 How you were glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! Whose glory is like yours? (WEB) 5 You raised up a dead man from death, from Hades, by the word of the Most High. (WEB) 6 You brought down kings to destruction, and honorable men from their sickbeds. (WEB) 7 You heard rebuke in Sinai, and judgments of vengeance in Horeb. (WEB) 8 You anointed kings for retribution, and prophets to succeed after you. (WEB) 9 You were taken up in a tempest of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses. (WEB) 10 You were recorded for reproofs in their seasons, to pacify anger, before it broke out into wrath, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob. (WEB) 11 Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been beautified with love; for we also shall surely live. (WEB) 12 Elijah was wrapped in a whirlwind. Elisha was filled with his spirit. In his days he was not moved by the fear of any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection. (WEB)
Sirach 48:1–12
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