Romans 11:4

Romans 11:4

2 God has not cast away His people whom ^aHe foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying,

3 ^a“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”?

4 But what does the divine response say to him? ^a“I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

5 ^aEven so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

6 And ^aif by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.¹ But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.

7 What then? ^aIsrael has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were ^bblinded.

8 Just as it is written:
^a“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
^bEyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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The answer of God (o xrhmatismov). An old word in various senses like xrhmatizw, only here in N.T. See this use of the verb in Matthew 2:12, Matthew 2:22; Luke 2:26; Acts 10:22.

To Baal (th Baal). Feminine article. In the LXX the name Baal is either masculine or feminine. The explanation is that the Jews put Bosheth (aisxunh, shame) for Baal and in the LXX the feminine article occurs because aisxunh is so, though here the LXX has the masculine tw.

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