Sirach 48:1-6

Elijah

1 Then Elijah the prophet rose up like fire, and his word burned like a torch.

2 He brought a famine upon them, and he reduced their number by his zeal.

3 By the Lord's word he shut up the sky, and in the same way he brought down fire three times.

4 How glorious you were, Elijah, in your amazing deeds! Who will boast like you can?

5 You raised a corpse from death, from the grave by a word of the Most High.

6 You brought kings down to destruction and dragged the famous from their beds.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX Hades; Heb Sheol