He stood and blessed all of the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

It happened at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, "Call out with a loud voice, for he [is] a god! Perhaps he is meditating, or {is using the bathroom}, or [is] on a journey. Perhaps he [is] asleep and must wake up!"

So they called out with a loud voice, and they cut themselves with swords and with spears as was their custom, until the blood poured out over them.