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Romans 11:2

God didn’t reject his people, whom he foreknew. Or don’t you know what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he pleads with God against Israel:

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In The King James Version

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,

In Context

1I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

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

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Cross References

Exodus 32:1When the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.”

Nehemiah 9:30Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not listen. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

Jeremiah 18:19Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.

John 4:1Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Yeshua was making and immersing more disciples than Yochanan

Acts 3:17“Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

Acts 13:48As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

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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