Eliyahu encourages the prophets of Ba’al to call out louder. Some commentators believe that Eliyahu was explicitly mocking them, but it seems unlikely that they would continue and certainly they would not adhere to his suggestion. Rather Eliyahu is saying something that appears to them as reasonable in order to achieve his goal of prolonging their attempt.

Courtesy of the Virtual Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Har Etzion