Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.

But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat.

So they took a bull, as he had suggested, and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “Baal, answer us.” But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped around on the altar they had made.