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AND Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch.
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He brought a famine upon them, and they that provoked him in their envy, were reduced to a small number, for they could not endure the commandments of the Lord.
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By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and he brought down fire from heaven thrice.
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Thus was Elias magnified in his wondrous works. And who can glory like to thee?
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Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.
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Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.
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Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.
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Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee.
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Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.