Lièwángjìshang 18:37

37 Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ yīngyún wǒ , yīngyún wǒ . shǐ zhè mín zhīdào nǐ Yēhéhuá shì shén , yòu zhīdào shì nǐ jiào zhè mín de xīn huízhuǎn .

Lièwángjìshang 18:37 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:37

Hear me, O Lord, hear me;
&c.] Which repetition is made to express his importunity, and the vehement earnest desire of his soul to be heard in such a case, which so much concerned the glory of God; the Targum is,

``receive my prayer, O Lord, concerning the fire, receive my prayer concerning the rain;''

as if the one respected the sending down the fire on the sacrifice, and the other sending rain on the earth; and which sense is followed by other Jewish writers:

that this people may know that thou art the Lord God;
and not Baal, or any other idol:

and that thou hast turned their heart back again;
from idolatry, to the worship of the true God; though some understand this of God's giving them up to a spirit of error, and suffering them to fall into idolatry, and hardening their hearts, as he did Pharaoh's; but the former sense is best.

Lièwángjìshang 18:37 In-Context

35 Shuǐ liú zaì tán de sìwéi , gōu lǐ yĕ mǎn le shuǐ .

36 Dào le xiàn wǎn jì de shíhou , xiānzhī Yǐlìyà jìn qián lái , shuō , Yàbólāhǎn , Yǐsā , Yǐsèliè de shén , Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ jīnrì shǐ rén zhīdào nǐ shì Yǐsèliè de shén , yĕ zhīdào wǒ shì nǐde púrén , yòu shì fèng nǐde méng xíng zhè yīqiè shì .

37 Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ yīngyún wǒ , yīngyún wǒ . shǐ zhè mín zhīdào nǐ Yēhéhuá shì shén , yòu zhīdào shì nǐ jiào zhè mín de xīn huízhuǎn .

38 Yúshì , Yēhéhuá jiàng xià huǒ lái , shāo jǐn Fánjì , mù chái , shítou , chéntǔ , yòu shāo gān gōu lǐ de shuǐ .

39 Zhòng mín kànjian le , jiù fǔfú zaì dì , shuō , Yēhéhuá shì shén . Yēhéhuá shì shén .