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But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and ^(C1)he asked for himself to die, and said, "Enough! Now, LORD, take my ^(F1)life, for I am no better than my fathers."

Then he lay down and fell asleep under a broom tree; but behold, there was ^(C1)an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise, eat!"

And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a round loaf of bread baked on hot coals, and a pitcher of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again.

But the angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him, and said, "Arise, eat; because the journey is too long for you."

So he arose and ate and drank, and he journeyed in the strength of that food for ^(C1)forty days and forty nights to ^(C2)Horeb, the mountain of God.

Then he came there to a cave and spent the night there; and behold, ^(C1)the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

And he said, "^(C1)I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of armies; for the sons of Israel have abandoned Your covenant, ^(C2)torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. And ^(C3)I alone am left; and they have sought to take my life."

So He said, "^(C1)Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD was passing by! And ^(C2)a great and powerful wind was tearing out the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

And after the earthquake, a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire, ^(C1)a sound of a gentle blowing.

When Elijah heard it, ^(C1)he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, ^(C2)a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

Then he said, "^(C1)I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of armies; for the sons of Israel have abandoned Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they have sought to take my life."