7. You heard threats at Sinai,at Horeb avenging judgments.
8. You anointed the agent of these punishments,the prophet to succeed in your place.
9. You were taken aloft in a whirlwind,in a chariot with fiery horses.
10. You are destined, it is written, in time to cometo put an end to wrath before the day of the Lord,To turn back the hearts of parents toward their children,and to re-establish the tribes of Israel.
11. Blessed is the one who shall have seen you before he dies!
12. When Elijah was enveloped in the whirlwind,Elisha was filled with his spirit;He worked twice as many marvels,and every utterance of his mouth was wonderful.During his lifetime he feared no one,nor was anyone able to intimidate his will.
13. Nothing was beyond his power;and from where he lay buried, his body prophesied.
14. In life he performed wonders,and after death, marvelous deeds.
15. Despite all this the people did not repent,nor did they give up their sins,Until they were uprooted from their landand scattered all over the earth.But Judah remained, a tiny people,with its ruler from the house of David.
16. Some of them did what was right,but others were extremely sinful.