In Context

9 He came there to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, and he said to him, |What are you doing here, Elijah?|

10 He said, |I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.|

11 He said, |Go out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.| Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.

12 After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

13 It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, |What are you doing here, Elijah?|

14 He said, |I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.|

1 Kings 19:12 in Other Translations