Sirach 48:1-11

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48 Then Elijah arose, a prophet like fire,
    and his word burned like a torch.^(A)
2 He brought a famine upon them,
    and by his zeal he made them few in number.
³ By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens
    and also three times brought down fire.^(B)
4 How glorious you were, Elijah, in your wondrous deeds!
    Who can boast^[a] as you can?
⁵ You who raised a corpse from death
    and from Hades, by the word of the Most High,^(C)
6 who sent kings down to destruction
    and famous men from their sickbeds,^(D)
7 who heard rebuke at Sinai
    and judgments of vengeance at Horeb,^(E)
8 who anointed kings to inflict retribution
    and prophets to succeed you,^[b](F)
9 who were taken up by a whirlwind of fire
    in a chariot with horses of fire,^(G)
10 who were prepared at the appointed time^[c]
    to calm wrath before it breaks out in fury,
to turn the hearts of parents to their children
    and to restore the tribes of Jacob.^(H)
11 Happy are those who saw you
    and were adorned^[d] in love!
    For we also shall surely live.^[e]