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11 Blessed are those who saw you,
    and those who have been adorned[a] in love;
    for we also shall surely live.[b]

Elisha

12 It was Eli′jah who was covered by the whirlwind,
    and Eli′sha was filled with his spirit;
in all his days he did not tremble before any ruler,
    and no one brought him into subjection.
13 Nothing was too hard for him,
    and when he was dead his body prophesied.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 48:11 Other authorities read who have died
  2. Sirach 48:11 The text and meaning of this verse are uncertain

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