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Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire.
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He brought a famine upon them,
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By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens.
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How you were glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds!
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You raised up a dead man from death,
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You brought down kings to destruction,
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You heard rebuke in Sinai,
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You anointed kings for retribution,
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You were taken up in a tempest of fire,
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You were recorded for reproofs in their seasons,
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Blessed are those who saw you,
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Elijah was wrapped in a whirlwind.
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Nothing was too hard for him.
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As in his life he did wonders,
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For all this the people didn’t repent.
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Some of them did that which was right,
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Hezekiah fortified his city,
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In his days Sennacherib invaded,
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Then their hearts and their hands were shaken,
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But they called upon the Lord who is merciful,
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He struck the camp of the Assyrians,
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For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord,
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In his days the sun went backward.
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He saw by an excellent spirit what would come to pass in the future;
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He showed the things that would happen through the end of time,