If I be a man: 2Ki 2:23-24; Num 16:28-30; 1Ki 18:36-38, 1Ki 22:28; 2Ch 36:16; Psa 105:15; Mat 21:41, Mat 23:34-37; Act 5:3-10
let fire: Or, rather, as the original literally imports, and the LXX render, καταβησεται πυρ, fire shall come down; Elijah's words being simply declarative, and not imprecatory. Num 11:1, Num 16:35; Job 1:16; Psa 106:18; Luk 9:54; Heb 12:29; Rev 11:5