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You who were taken up by a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with horses of fire;
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you who are ready at the appointed time, it is written, to calm the wrath of God before it breaks out in fury, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
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Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been adorned in love; for we also shall surely live.
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It was Elijah who was covered by the whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his spirit; in all his days he did not tremble before any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection.
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Nothing was too hard for him, and when he was dead his body prophesied.
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As in his life he did wonders, so in death his deeds were marvelous.
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For all this the people did not repent, and they did not forsake their sins, till they were carried away captive from their land and were scattered over all the earth; the people were left very few in number, but with rulers from the house of David.
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Some of them did what was pleasing to God, but others multiplied sins.
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Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into the midst of it; he tunneled the sheer rock with iron and built pools for water.
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In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent the Rabshakeh; he lifted up his hand against Zion and made great boasts in his arrogance.
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Then their hearts were shaken and their hands trembled, and they were in anguish, like women in travail.