48:9. Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses. 48:10. Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob. 48:11. Blessed are they that saw thee, and were honoured with thy friendship. 48:12. For we live only in our life, but after death our name shall not be such. 48:13. Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he. 48:14. No word could overcome him, and after death his body prophesied. 48:15. In his life he did great wonders, and in death he wrought miracles. 48:16. For all this the people repented not, neither did they depart from their sins till they were cast out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth. 48:17. And there was left but a small people, and a prince in the house of David. 48:18. Some of these did that which pleased God: but others committed many sins. 48:19. Ezechias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof, and he digged a rock with iron, and made a well for water. 48:20. In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against them, and he stretched out his hand against Sion, and became proud through his power. 48:21. Then their hearts and hands trembled, and they were in pain as women in travail. 48:22. And they called upon the Lord who is merciful, and spreading their hands, they lifted them up to heaven: and the holy Lord God quickly heard their voice. 48:23. He was not mindful of their sins, neither did he deliver them up to their enemies, but he purified them by the hand of Isaias, the holy prophet. 48:24. He overthrew the army of the Assyrians, and the angel of the Lord destroyed them. 48:25. For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and walked valiantly in the way of David his father, which Isaias, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God, had commanded him. 48:26. In his days the sun wen backward, and he lengthened the king's life. 48:27. With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion. 48:28. He showed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things before they came. Ecclesiasticus Chapter 49 The praise of Josias, of Jeremias, Ezechiel, and the twelve prophets. Also of Zorobabel, Jesus the son of Josedech, Nehemias, Enoch, Joseph, Seth, Sem, and Adam. 49:1. The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer: 49:2. His remembrance shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, and as music at a banquet of wine. 49:3. He was directed by God unto the repentance of the nation, and he took away the abominations of wickedness. 49:4. And he directed his heart towards the Lord, and in the days of sinners he strengthened godliness.