BenSira:48

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* Then stood up Elias the prophet as fire , and his word burned like a lamp . * He brought a sore famine upon them , and by his zeal he diminished their number . * By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven , and also three times brought down fire . * O Elias , how wast thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds ! and who may glory like unto thee ! * Who didst raise up a dead man from death , and his soul from the place of the dead , by the word of the most High : * Who broughtest kings to destruction , and honorable men from their bed : * Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai , and in Horeb the judgment of vengeance : * Who annointedst kings to take revenge , and prophets to succeed after him : * Who was taken up in a whirlwind of fire , and in a chariot of fiery horses : * Who wast ordained for reproofs in their times , to pacify the wrath of the Lord 's judgment , before it brake forth into fury , and to turn the heart of the father unto the son , and to restore the tribes of Jacob . * Blessed are they that saw thee , and slept in love ; for we shall surely live . * Elias it was , who was covered with a whirlwind : and Eliseus was filled with his spirit : whilst he lived , he was not moved with the presence of any prince , neither could any bring him into subjection . * No word could overcome him ; and after his death his body prophesied . * He did wonders in his life , and at his death were his works marvellous . * For all this the people repented not , neither departed they from their sins , till they were spoiled and carried out of their land , and were scattered through all the earth : yet there remained a small people , and a ruler in the house of David : * Of whom some did that which was pleasing to God , and some multiplied sins . * Ezekias fortified his city , and brought in water into the midst thereof : he digged the hard rock with iron , and made wells for waters . * In his time Sennacherib came up , and sent Rabsaces , and lifted up his hand against Sion , and boasted proudly . * Then trembled their hearts and hands , and they were in pain , as women in travail . * But they called upon the Lord which is merciful , and stretched out their hands toward him : and immediately the Holy One heard them out of heaven , and delivered them by the ministry of Esay . * He smote the host of the Assyrians , and his angel destroyed them . * For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord , and was strong in the ways of David his father , as Esay the prophet , who was great and faithful in his vision , had commanded him . * In his time the sun went backward , and he lengthened the king 's life . * He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the last , and he comforted them that mourned in Sion . * He shewed what should come to pass for ever , and secret things or ever they came .

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