1 Kings 19:8-13 ▼

8 So Elijah got up, ate and drank, and survived on that one meal for 40 days and nights as he set out on his journey to Horeb, God's mountain.

9 Elijah arrived at a cave and stayed there. All of a sudden this message came from the LORD: |What are you doing here, Elijah?|

10 |I've been very zealous for the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies,| he replied. |The Israelis have abandoned your covenant, demolished your altars, executed your prophets with swords, and I—that's right, just me!—am the only one left. Now they're seeking my life, to get rid of me!|

11 |Go out,| he responded, |and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD.| And there was the LORD, passing by! A tremendous, mighty windstorm was tearing at the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces in the presence of the LORD, but the LORD was not in the windstorm. After the wind there came an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

12 After the earthquake there came fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire, there was the sound of a gentle whisper.

13 As soon as Elijah heard it, he covered his face in his mantle, went outside, and stood at the entrance to the cave. And there a voice spoke to him and said, |What are you doing here, Elijah?|