Ben Sira 48:1-8

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

2 He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal he made them few in number.

3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, and also three times brought down fire.

4 How glorious you were, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! And who has the right to boast which you have?

5 You who raised a corpse from death and from Hades, by the word of the Most High;

6 who brought kings down to destruction, and famous men from their beds;

7 who heard rebuke at Sinai and judgments of vengeance at Horeb;

8 who anointed kings to inflict retribution, and prophets to succeed you.