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Elijah mocks their unanswered cries; they intensify their ritual until evening without response.
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1 Kings 18:27-29

No voice answers

Elijah at Mount Carmel · 1 Kings 18

Story guide: Elijah taunts the prophets of Baal as their loud cries and self-cutting bring no reply.

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27At noon Elijah mocked them and said, “Cry louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or has stepped away, or is on a journey. Perhaps he is asleep and needs to wake up.”

28So they cried out loudly and, according to their custom, cut themselves with swords and spears until blood flowed over their bodies.

29After noon had passed, they kept prophesying in a frenzy until the time of the evening offering, but there was no voice, no answer, and no one paying attention.

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