But how does God answer him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”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.
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Where you find this verse
From this verse, the Word reaches
The Scripture echoes1 Kings 19:18
The answer God gave Elijah at Horeb is the text Paul builds his whole argument on.
“Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.”Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.”
The same threadRomans 9:27
Isaiah also says that though Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved.
“Isaiah cries concerning Israel, “If the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant who will be saved;Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:”
That reaches back to this verse
The Scripture echoes (this verse)1 Kings 19:18
Paul quotes this verse almost word for word to prove that God has not rejected His people.
“Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.”Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.”