Sirach 48:8-10

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⁸ who anointed kings to inflict retribution
    and prophets to succeed you,^[a](A)
9 who were taken up by a whirlwind of fire
    in a chariot with horses of fire,^(B)
10 who were prepared at the appointed time^[b]
    to calm wrath before it breaks out in fury,
to turn the hearts of parents to their children
    and to restore the tribes of Jacob.^(C)