Sirach 48:2
King James VersionSource notes
“He brought a sore famine upon them, and by his zeal he diminished their number.”
Context
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.
3By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and also three times brought down fire.
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: