World English Bible

Sirach 48:1-8 World English Bible (WEB)

1. Also there arose Elijah the prophet as fire, And his word burned like a torch:

2. Who brought a famine upon them, And by his zeal made them few in number.

3. By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven: Thrice did he thus bring down fire.

4. How was you glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! And who shall glory like to you?

5. Who did raise up a dead man from death, And from the place of the dead, by the word of the Most High:

6. Who brought down kings to destruction, And honorable men from their bed:

7. Who heard rebuke in Sinai, And judgements of vengeance in Horeb:

8. Who anointed kings for retribution, And prophets to succeed after him: