Romans 11:3

“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.”

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Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

In Context

2God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleaded with God against Israel?

4But what does God's answer say to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bent the knee to Baal.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:13Has it not been told to you, my master, what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred of Yahweh's prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water?

1 Kings 19:10Elijah replied, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, God of hosts, for the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. Now I, only I, am left and they are also trying to take my life.”

Jeremiah 2:30I have punished your people in vain. They would not accept discipline. 1 Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destructive lion! 1

Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33

The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →

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