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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 48

World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible

48:1

Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire.

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48:2

He brought a famine upon them,

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48:3

By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens.

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48:4

How you were glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds!

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48:5

You raised up a dead man from death,

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48:6

You brought down kings to destruction,

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48:7

You heard rebuke in Sinai,

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48:8

You anointed kings for retribution,

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48:9

You were taken up in a tempest of fire,

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48:10

You were recorded for reproofs in their seasons,

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48:11

Blessed are those who saw you,

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48:12

Elijah was wrapped in a whirlwind.

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48:13

Nothing was too hard for him.

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48:14

As in his life he did wonders,

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48:15

For all this the people didn’t repent.

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48:16

Some of them did that which was right,

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48:17

Hezekiah fortified his city,

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48:18

In his days Sennacherib invaded,

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48:19

Then their hearts and their hands were shaken,

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48:20

But they called upon the Lord who is merciful,

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48:21

He struck the camp of the Assyrians,

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48:22

For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord,

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48:23

In his days the sun went backward.

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48:24

He saw by an excellent spirit what would come to pass in the future;

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48:25

He showed the things that would happen through the end of time,

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