Sirach 48:11

11 Happy are those who saw you and who have fallen asleep in your love, for we will surely live as well.

Sirach 48:11 In-Context

9 You were taken up in a whirlwind of fire and in a chariot of fiery horses.
10 It is recorded that you are ready for the designated times, to calm anger before it turns to wrath, to turn the heart of a father to his son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
11 Happy are those who saw you and who have fallen asleep in your love, for we will surely live as well.
12 Elijah was covered by the whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his spirit. In his time, he didn't tremble before any ruler, and no one oppressed him.
13 Nothing was too great for him, and in death his body prophesied.

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