Sirach 48:23

23 In Isaiah's time, the sun moved backward, and he extended the king's life.

Sirach 48:23 In-Context

21 The Lord struck down the camp of the Assyrians, and his messenger destroyed them.
22 Hezekiah did what was pleasing to the Lord, and he kept to the ways of David his ancestor, as Isaiah the prophet, who was great and whose visions were reliable, had commanded.
23 In Isaiah's time, the sun moved backward, and he extended the king's life.
24 By his great spirit, he saw what was to come, and he comforted those who mourned in Zion.
25 He revealed forever what would be and hidden things even before they happened. is like a blend of incense, prepared with skill by a perfumer. It will be sweet in the mouth, like honey, like music at a wine-drinking party.
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