1 Kings 18:26-28

Good News Translation

²⁶ They took the bull that was brought to them, prepared it, and prayed to Baal until noon. They shouted, “Answer us, Baal!” and kept dancing around the altar they had built. But no answer came.

²⁷ At noon Elijah started making fun of them: “Pray louder! He is a god! Maybe he is day-dreaming or relieving himself, or perhaps he's gone off on a trip! Or maybe he's sleeping, and you've got to wake him up!” ²⁸ So the prophets prayed louder and cut themselves with knives and daggers, according to their ritual, until blood flowed.