Sirach 43:22-24

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²² The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate.

²³ And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.

²⁴ A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.