Sir 48:1 

Then stood up Elias the prophet as fire, and his word burned 

like a lamp. 

Sir 48:2 

He brought a sore famine upon them, and by his zeal he 

diminished their number. 

Sir 48:3 

By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and also three 

times brought down fire. 

Sir 48:4 

O Elias, how wast thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds! and 

who may glory like unto thee! 

Sir 48:5 

Who didst raise up a dead man from death, and his soul from 

the place of the dead, by the word of the most High: 

Sir 48:6 

Who broughtest kings to destruction, and honorable men from 

their bed: 

Sir 48:7 

Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, and in Horeb 

the judgment of vengeance: 

Sir 48:8 

Who annointedst kings to take revenge, and prophets to 

succeed after him: 

Sir 48:9 

Who was taken up in a whirlwind of fire, and in a chariot of 

fiery horses: 

Sir 48:10 

Who wast ordained for reproofs in their times, to pacify the 

wrath of the Lord's judgment, before it brake forth into fury, 

and to turn the heart of the father unto the son, and to restore 

the tribes of Jacob. 

Sir 48:11 

Blessed are they that saw thee, and slept in love; for we 

shall surely live. 

Sir 48:12 

Elias it was, who was covered with a whirlwind: and Eliseus 

was filled with his spirit: whilst he lived, he was not moved 

with the presence of any prince, neither could any bring him 

into subjection. 

Sir 48:13 

No word could overcome him; and after his death his body 

prophesied. 

Sir 48:14 

He did wonders in his life, and at his death were his works 

marvellous. 

Sir 48:15 

For all this the people repented not, neither departed they 

from their sins, till they were spoiled and carried out of their 

land, and were scattered through all the earth: yet there 

remained a small people, and a ruler in the house of David: 

Sir 48:16 

Of whom some did that which was pleasing to God, and some 

multiplied sins. 

Sir 48:17 

Ezekias fortified his city, and brought in water into the 

midst thereof: he digged the hard rock with iron, and made wells 

for waters. 

Sir 48:18 

In his time Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and 

lifted up his hand against Sion, and boasted proudly. 

Sir 48:19 

Then trembled their hearts and hands, and they were in pain, 

as women in travail. 

Sir 48:20 

But they called upon the Lord which is merciful, and 

stretched out their hands toward him: and immediately the Holy 

One heard them out of heaven, and delivered them by the ministry 

of Esay. 

Sir 48:21 

He smote the host of the Assyrians, and his angel destroyed 

them. 

Sir 48:22 

For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was 

strong in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who 

was great and faithful in his vision, had commanded him. 

Sir 48:23 

In his time the sun went backward, and he lengthened the 

king's life. 

Sir 48:24 

He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the 

last, and he comforted them that mourned in Sion. 

Sir 48:25 

He shewed what should come to pass for ever, and secret 

things or ever they came.