1 Kings 18:39 (YLT)

Passage

And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, `Jehovah, He <FI>is<Fi> the God, Jehovah, He <FI>is<Fi> the God.'

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:37 answer me, O Jehovah, answer me, and this people doth know that Thou <FI>art<Fi> Jehovah God; and Thou hast turned their heart backward.'

1 Kings 18:38 And there falleth a fire of Jehovah, and consumeth the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water that <FI>is<Fi> in the trench it hath licked up.

1 Kings 18:39 And all the people see, and fall on their faces, and say, `Jehovah, He <FI>is<Fi> the God, Jehovah, He <FI>is<Fi> the God.'

1 Kings 18:40 And Elijah saith to them, `Catch ye the prophets of Baal; let not a man escape of them;' and they catch them, and Elijah bringeth them down unto the stream Kishon, and doth slaughter them there.

1 Kings 18:41 And Elijah saith to Ahab, `Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "people", "fall", "faces", and "jehovah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "people" and "fall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 38's "And there falleth a fire of Jehovah..." into verse 40's "And Elijah saith to them Catch ye...", so "people" and "fall" 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 "people" and "fall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.