Israel’s Rejection Not Total
1 I say then, ahas God cast away His people? bCertainly not! For cI also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
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.”
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.”
9 And David says:
a“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
a“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Abraham {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Abraham {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Also {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Benjamin {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Benjamin {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Benjamin {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Cast {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
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His {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Seed {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Tribe {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Tribe {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
God {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
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