Sirach 48 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Sirach 48Elijah

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to calm wrath before it breaks out in fury,

to turn the hearts of parents to their children

and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

11Happy are those who saw you

and were adorned in love!

For we also shall surely live.Elisha

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Never in his lifetime did he tremble before any ruler,

nor could anyone intimidate him at all.

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and when he was dead his body prophesied.

14In his life he did wonders,

and in death his deeds were marvelous.

15 and departed;

he shook his fist against Zion

and made great boasts in his arrogance.

19Then their hearts and hands were shaken,

and they were in anguish, like women in labor.

20 struck down the camp of the Assyrians,

and his angel wiped them out.

22 days the sun went backward,

and he prolonged the life of the king.

24 Isa 12.1; 40.1 By his dauntless spirit he saw the future

and comforted the mourners in Zion.

25 Isa 42.9; 48.3, 6 He revealed what was to occur to the end of time

and the hidden things before they happened.