7. Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8. Then the word of the Lord came to him:
9. ‘Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have instructed a widow there to supply you with food.’
10. So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, ‘Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?’
11. As she was going to get it, he called, ‘And bring me, please, a piece of bread.’