And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
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Interpretation
God repeated the question, What doest you here? Then he complained of his discouragement; and whither should God's prophets go with their complaints of that kind, but to their Master?
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This thought runs through 1 Kings 19:14-18.