Romans 11:3

"Lord, they-kill-off/away the prophets of{you} and excavate-down the sacrifice-places[i.e. altars] of{you}, and-I only am-left-under, and they-are-seeking the life of{me}."

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2The God does_not_thrust-self-off/away the people of{same} whom he-knows-before, or you-have_not_beheld in to{Elijah} what[?] the scripture is-saying, as he-is-occurring-in to{the God} according-to of{the} Israel,

4Contrariwise, what[?] the business-effect-ization is-saying to{same}[?] "I-have-been-leaving-behind to{myself} seven-thousand men, the-who do_not_bend [the] knee to{the} Ba'al."

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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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