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 — Elijah repeats his complaint identically. The phrase shows his fixation on his sense of isolation and failure. His repetition suggests he has not yet internalized what God intends to communicate.

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