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You sent kings down to destruction, and famous men, from their sickbeds.
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You heard rebuke at Sinai and judgments of vengeance at Horeb.
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You anointed kings to inflict retribution, and prophets to succeed you.
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You were taken up by a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with horses of fire.
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At the appointed time, it is written, you are destined to calm the wrath of God before it breaks out in fury, to turn the hearts of parents to their children, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
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Happy are those who saw you and were adorned with your love! For we also shall surely live.
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When Elijah was enveloped in the whirlwind, Elisha was filled with his spirit. He performed twice as many signs, and marvels with every utterance of his mouth. Never in his lifetime did he tremble before any ruler, nor could anyone intimidate him at all.
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Nothing was too hard for him, and when he was dead, his body prophesied.
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In his life he did wonders, and in death his deeds were marvelous.
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Despite all this the people did not repent, nor did they forsake their sins, until they were carried off as plunder from their land, and were scattered over all the earth. The people were left very few in number, but with a ruler from the house of David.
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Some of them did what was right, but others sinned more and more.