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Eliyahu the prophet arose like fire, and his word burned like a torch.
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He brought famine upon them and by his zeal made them few.
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By the Word of Yahuah he restrained heaven and three times brought down fire.
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How you received splendor, Eliyahu, through your wonders; and who can boast as one like you?
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You raised a dead one from death and from Sheol by the Word of El Elyon.
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You brought kings down to destruction and men of splendor from their beds.
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You heard correction at Sinai and at Chorev Right-Rulings of vengeance.
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You anointed kings for repayment and prophets as successors after you.
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You were taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
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You were recorded in corrections for appointed times: to calm wrath before anger, turn the heart of a father toward a son, and establish the tribes of Yaaqov.
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Blessed are those who saw you and those who slept within love, for we also shall surely live.
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Eliyahu was covered by a whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his ruach. In his days he was not shaken by a ruler, and no one brought him under authority.
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No word was beyond him, and after his sleep his body prophesied.
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In his life he worked signs, and at his completion his works were wondrous.
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Despite all these things the people did not turn back and did not depart from their sins, until they were plundered from their land and scattered throughout all the earth.
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A very small people was left, with a ruler in the house of Daviyd. Some of them worked what was pleasing, but others multiplied sins.
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Chizqiyahu fortified his city and brought water into its midst. He dug through sheer rock with iron and built reservoirs for water.
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In his days Sancheriv came up and sent Ravshaqeh; he departed and raised his hand against Tziyon, boasting greatly in his pride.
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Then their hearts and hands were shaken, and they labored in pain like women giving birth.
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They called upon Yahuah, the Compassionate, stretching their hands toward Him. The Set-Apart One quickly heard them from heaven and delivered them by the hand of Yeshayahu.
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He struck the camp of the Ashshurim, and His messenger crushed them.
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For Chizqiyahu worked what was pleasing to Yahuah and remained strong in the Ways of Daviyd his father, which Yeshayahu the prophet commanded— the great and trustworthy one in his vision.
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In his days the sun went backward, and he added life to the king.
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By a great ruach he saw the last things and strengthened those mourning in Tziyon.
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Unto the age he showed what should be and hidden things before they came.