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10 It is written that you are destined at the appointed time
    to allay the wrath of God before it erupts in fury,
to turn the hearts of parents back to their children
    and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
11 Blessed is he who will see you
    and those who have fallen asleep in love,
    for we also shall certainly live.[a]

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  1. Wisdom of Ben Sira 48:11 Text is uncertain. In our arrangement, the author states that those who will see Elijah when he returns, as well as those who have fallen asleep in love, will live forever. The defective Hebrew text alludes only to Elijah’s disappearance (2 Ki 2:10).