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37 Answer me, Lord, answer me, so that this people will know that you, the Lord, are God and that you are bringing them back to yourself.”[a]

38 The Lord sent fire down, and it burned up the sacrifice, the wood, and the stones, scorched the earth and dried up the water in the trench. 39 When the people saw this, they threw themselves on the ground and exclaimed, “The Lord is God; the Lord alone is God!”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 18:37 you are bringing them back to yourself; or you yourself made them turn away from you.

37 Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know(A) that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”

38 Then the fire(B) of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.

39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate(C) and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”(D)

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