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By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, and also three times brought down fire.
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How glorious you were, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! And who has the right to boast which you have?
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You who raised a corpse from death and from Hades, by the word of the Most High;
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who brought kings down to destruction, and famous men from their beds;
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who heard rebuke at Sinai and judgments of vengeance at Horeb;
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