27 And it came about at noon that E·liʹjah began to mock+ them and say: “Call at the top of YOUR voice,* for he is a god;+ for he must be concerned with a matter, and he has excrement+ and has to go to the privy.+ Or maybe he is asleep and ought to wake up!”+

28 “But where are your gods* that you have made for yourself?+ Let them rise up if they can save you in the time of your calamity.+ For as the number of your cities your gods have become, O Judah.+