Sirach 48:10–18

¹⁰You 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.↗

¹¹Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been beautified with love; for we also shall surely live.↗

¹²Elijah 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.↗

¹³Nothing was too hard for him. When he was buried, his body prophesied.↗

¹⁴As in his life he did wonders, so his works were also marvelous in death.↗

¹⁵For all this the people didn’t repent. They didn’t depart from their sins, until they were carried away as a plunder from their land, and were scattered through all the earth. The people were left very few in number, but with a ruler from the house of David.↗

¹⁶Some of them did that which was right, but some multiplied sins.↗

¹⁷Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into its midst. He tunneled through rock with iron, and built cisterns for water.↗

¹⁸In his days Sennacherib invaded, and sent Rabshakeh, and departed. He lifted up his hand against Zion, and boasted great things in his arrogance.↗