6. The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.
7. After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8. The Lord told him,
9. “Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you.”
10. So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a cup of water, so I can take a drink.”
11. As she went to get it, he called out to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”
12. She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.”