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Sirach 48:3
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3By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and also three times brought down fire.
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1Then stood up Elias the prophet as fire, and his word burned like a lamp.
2He brought a sore famine upon them, and by his zeal he diminished their number.
— Sirach 48:3 —
4O Elias, how wast thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds! and who may glory like unto thee!
5Who didst raise up a dead man from death, and his soul from the place of the dead, by the word of the most High: