Eliyahu on Mount Carmel (Part 5)

"And you have turned their heart backward" is interpreted to mean that God is responsible for the nation turning away from Him. This interpretation is difficult to accept within the context of the story. An alternative interpretation states the opposite – by the act of the fire from heaven their hearts will turn back to God and away from Ba’al. The latter interpretation of the final phrase in the second half of Eliyahu’s prayer compliments the final phrase in the first half of his prayer.