Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Kings 17:4

"And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there." — 1 Kings 17:4 (ASV)

Perhaps someone says, "Ravens were more likely to rob the prophet than to feed him." And so they were.

Some have objected that these ravens were unclean. What if they were? Things are not made unclean because they are carried by unclean creatures. Did not Abigail bring to David food on donkeys which were unclean? There is no sense in that objection.

"Oh, but!" someone else asks, "how should ravens bring food?" How should they not, if God commanded them? All creatures are under his control. With God, a miracle is simple enough.

If God does not feed his people by any other means, he will command ravenous beasts and unclean birds to feed them.