Sirach 48:19–25
19Then their hearts and their hands were shaken, and they were in pain, as women in labor.↗
20But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading out their hands to him. The Holy One quickly heard them out of Heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.↗
21He struck the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel utterly destroyed them.↗
22For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord, and was strong in the ways of his ancestor David, which Isaiah the prophet commanded, who was great and faithful in his vision.↗
23In his days the sun went backward. He prolonged the life of the king.↗
24He saw by an excellent spirit what would come to pass in the future; and he comforted those who mourned in Zion.↗
25He showed the things that would happen through the end of time, and the hidden things before they came.↗
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