Catholic Public Domain Version

Sirach 48:4-19 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

4. In this way, Elijah was magnified in his wondrous works. So who can say that he is similar to you in glory?

5. He raised up a dead man from the grave, from the fate of death, by the word of the Lord God.

6. He threw down kings unto perdition, and he easily shattered their power and boasting from his bed.

7. He heeded the judgment at Sinai, and the judgments of punishment at Horeb.

8. He anointed kings unto repentance, and he chose the prophets who would follow after him.

9. He was received into a whirlwind of fire, into a swift chariot with fiery horses.

10. He is written in the judgments of the times, so as to lessen the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

11. Blessed are those who saw you, and who were adorned with your friendship.

12. For we live only in our life, and after death, our name will not be the same.

13. Certainly, Elijah was covered by the whirlwind, and his spirit was completed in Elisha. In his days, he was not fearful of the ruler, and no power defeated him.

14. No word overwhelmed him, and after death, his body prophesied.

15. In his life, he gave great portents, and in death, he wrought miracles.

16. In all these things, the people did not repent, and they did not withdraw from their sins, even until they were cast out of their land, and were dispersed throughout all the earth.

17. And there was left behind a people very few in number, but with a leader in the house of David.

18. Some of these did what pleased God. But others committed many sins.

19. Hezekiah fortified his city, and he brought water into its midst, and he dug into rock with iron, and he built a well for water.