At noon Elijah began to mock them, asserting sarcastically that Baal must be too busy to answer them, that he was relieving himself in the privy, or that he was napping and someone needed to wake him up.
Pada tengah hari, Elia mulai mencemooh mereka, dengan menyindir bahwa Baal pasti sedang terlalu sibuk untuk menjawab mereka, bahwa ia sedang buang hajat di jamban, atau sedang tidur dan perlu dibangunkan.