¹⁰He replied, “I have been very zealousⁿ for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant,^o torn down your altars,^p and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,^q and now they are trying to kill me too.”

¹¹The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain^r in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”^s

Then a great and powerful wind^t tore the mountains apart and shattered^u the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. ¹²After the earthquake came a fire,^v but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.^w ¹³When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face^x and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.

Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

¹⁴He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,^y and now they are trying to kill me too.”

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Cross references

nSee Nu 25:13; Ac 22:3; Gal 4:18
oSee Dt 31:16
p 1 Ki 18:30
q 1 Ki 18:4, 22; Jer 5:11; 9:2; Ro 11:3*
r Ex 34:2; Mt 17:1–3
s Ex 33:19
tSee Ex 14:21; See 2 Ki 2:1
u Na 1:6
vSee Ex 3:2
wver 11; See 1 Sa 14:6; Job 4:16; Zec 4:6; 2 Co 12:9
x Ex 3:6
y 1 Ki 18:22; Ro 11:3*