⁸ Then the ·Lord spoke his word to Elijah [^Lword of the Lord came to him], ⁹ “Go to Zarephath in Sidon and live there. I have commanded a widow there to ·take care of [provide for; feed] you.”

¹⁰ So Elijah went to Zarephath. When he reached the town gate, he saw a widow gathering ·wood for a fire [sticks]. Elijah asked her, “·Would you [Please] bring me a little water in a ·cup [jar; pitcher] so I may have a drink?” ¹¹ As she was going to get his water, Elijah said, “Please bring me a ·piece [scrap] of bread [^Lin your hand].”

¹² The woman answered, “As surely as the Lord your God lives, I have no bread. I have only a handful of flour in a ·jar [bowl] and only a little olive oil in a jug. I came here to gather some wood so I could go home and cook our last meal. My son and I will eat it and then die [^Cof hunger].”

¹³ “Don’t ·worry [be afraid],” Elijah said to her. “Go home and cook your food as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread from the flour you have, and bring it to me. Then cook something for yourself and your son. ¹⁴ The Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘That jar of flour will never be ·empty [spent; used up], and the jug will ·always have oil in it [not run dry/fail/be empty], until the day the Lord sends rain to the land.’”

¹⁵ So the woman went home and did what Elijah told her to do. And the woman and her ·son and Elijah [family; ^Lhousehold] had enough food ·every day [^Lfor many days]. ¹⁶ The ·jar [bowl] of flour and the jug of oil were never empty, ·just as the Lord, through Elijah, had promised [^Laccording to the word of the Lord, spoken through Elijah].