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Romans 11:3

Jesus
Loneliness

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,

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

4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.

5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?
KJV
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
WEB
“Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
ASV
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
DARBY
Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and *I* have been left alone, and they seek my life.
BLB
“Lord, they killed Your prophets, they tore down Your altars, and I alone was left, and they seek my life”?
ÅB
«Herre! De drepte profetene dine, og rev ned alterene dine. Bare jeg er igjen, og de står meg etter livet.»
OTB
"Herre, de har drept dine profeter og revet ned dine altere; jeg alene er igjen, og de søker å ta mitt liv."
B1930
Herre! dine profeter drepte de, dine alter rev de ned, og jeg blev alene tilbake, og de står mig efter livet.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 19:10–18

    And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

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  • 1 Kings 18:13

    Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

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  • Nehemiah 9:26

    Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

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  • Jeremiah 2:30

    In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

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  • 1 Kings 18:4

    For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

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  • 1 Kings 18:30–31

    And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

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