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: