Sirach 48:1–9
1Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire. His word burned like a torch.↗
2He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal made them few in number.↗
3By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens. He brought down fire three times.↗
4How you were glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! Whose glory is like yours?↗
5You raised up a dead man from death, from Hades, by the word of the Most High.↗
6You brought down kings to destruction, and honorable men from their sickbeds.↗
7You heard rebuke in Sinai, and judgments of vengeance in Horeb.↗
8You anointed kings for retribution, and prophets to succeed after you.↗
9You were taken up in a tempest of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.↗
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