And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant--Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life--to take it.'
1 Kings 19:8 and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God--Horeb.
1 Kings 19:9 And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> unto him, and saith to him, `What--to thee, here, Elijah?'
1 Kings 19:10 And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant--Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life--to take it.'
1 Kings 19:11 And He saith, `Go out, and thou hast stood in the mount before Jehovah.' And lo, Jehovah is passing by, and a wind--great and strong--is rending mountains, and shivering rocks before Jehovah: --not in the wind <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah; and after the wind a shaking: --not in the shaking <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah;
1 Kings 19:12 and after the shaking a fire: --not in the fire <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah; and after the fire a voice still small;
The verse centers on "saith", "been", "very", "zealous", "jehovah", "hosts", "sons", and "israel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saith" and "been", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And he cometh in there unto the..." into verse 11's "And He saith Go out and thou...", so "saith" and "been" 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 "saith" and "been" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.