“...the pitcher of meal was not consumed, and the jar of oil did not fail, according to the Word of Jehovah which He spoke by Elijah.” (1Kings 17:16)   The background of this event is that Elijah pronounced a drought in the land, but God provided for him. Ravens brought him food and he drank water from the brook Cherith before it dried up. (1Kings17:3-7) Led and obedient to God’s direction he went to the town of Zarephath where the Lord told him a widow would provide for him.