1 Kings 19:7 (DRB)

Passage

And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 19:5 And he cast himself down, and slept in the shadow of the juniper tree: and behold an angel of the Lord touched him, and said to him: Arise and eat.

1 Kings 19:6 He looked, and behold there was at his head a hearth cake, and a vessel of water: and he ate and drank, and he fell asleep again.

1 Kings 19:7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go.

1 Kings 19:8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.

1 Kings 19:9 And when he was come thither, he abode in a cave. and behold the word of the Lord came unto him, and he said to him: What dost thou here, Elias?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "angel", "lord", "came", "again", "second", "time", "touched", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "angel" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "He looked and behold there was at..." into verse 8's "And he arose and ate and drank...", so "angel" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "angel" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.