New International Version “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me"? New Living Translation “LORD, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.” English Standard Version “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” Berean Standard Bible “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”? Berean Literal Bible “Lord, they killed Your prophets, they tore down Your altars, and I alone was left, and they seek my life”? King James Bible Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. New King James Version “ LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? New American Standard Bible “Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE.” NASB 1995 “Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE.” NASB 1977 “Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED THY PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN THINE ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE.” Legacy Standard Bible “Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE.” Amplified Bible “Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT [of the prophets], AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE.” Berean Annotated Bible “Lord {Kyrie}, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well <1Ki 19:10, 14>” Christian Standard Bible Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life! Holman Christian Standard Bible Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life! American Standard Version Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. Contemporary English Version He said, "Lord, they killed your prophets and destroyed your altars. I am the only one left, and now they want to kill me." English Revised Version Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars: and I am left alone, and they seek my life. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Lord, they've killed your prophets and torn down your altars. I'm the only one left, and they're trying to take my life." Good News Translation "Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me." International Standard Version "Lord, they have killed your prophets and demolished your altars. I am the only one left, and they are trying to take my life." NET Bible "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!" New Heart English Bible "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life." Webster's Bible Translation Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. Weymouth New Testament "Lord, they have put Thy Prophets to death, and have overthrown Thy altars; and, now that I alone remain, they are thirsting for my blood"? Majority Text Translations Majority Standard Bible“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”? World English Bible “Lord, they have killed your prophets. They have broken down your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.” Literal Translations Literal Standard Version“LORD, they killed Your prophets, and they dug down Your altars, and I was left alone, and they seek my life”; Berean Literal Bible “Lord, they killed Your prophets, they tore down Your altars, and I alone was left, and they seek my life”? Young's Literal Translation 'Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;' Smith's Literal Translation Lord, thy prophets have they killed, and dug down thine altars; and I alone was left, and they seek my soul. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleLord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. Catholic Public Domain Version “Lord, they have slain your Prophets. They have overturned your altars. And I alone remain, and they are seeking my life.” New American Bible “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.” New Revised Standard Version “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleMy LORD, they have killed your prophets and have demolished your altars; and I am left alone; and they seek my life. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “My Lord, they have murdered your Prophets and they have toppled your altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life”? NT Translations Anderson New TestamentLord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars, and I am left alone, and they seek: my life. Godbey New Testament Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars: and I am left alone, and they are seeking my life. Haweis New Testament “Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I only am left, and they seek my life.” Mace New Testament in these words, "Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I alone am left, and they seek my life also." Weymouth New Testament "Lord, they have put Thy Prophets to death, and have overthrown Thy altars; and, now that I alone remain, they are thirsting for my blood"? Worrell New Testament "Lord, they have killed Thy prophets, they have digged down Thy altars; and I am left alone, and they are seeking my soul." Worsley New Testament saying, "Lord, they have slain thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life." Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context The Remnant of Israel…2God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: 3“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”? 4And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”… Cross References Lord, they have killed Your prophets 1 Kings 18:4 for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.) Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— and torn down Your altars. 1 Kings 18:30-32 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down. / And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.” / And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. 2 Kings 23:12 He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley. Judges 6:25-26 On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. / Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.” I am the only one left, 1 Kings 19:10 “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.” 1 Kings 19:18 Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.” Isaiah 1:9 Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. and they are seeking my life as well 1 Kings 19:14 “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.” 1 Kings 19:3 And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, Psalm 54:3 For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! 1 Kings 18:22 Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. 1 Kings 19:4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” 1 Kings 19:9 There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” Treasury of Scripture Lord, they have killed your prophets, and dig down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. Lord. 1 Kings 18:4,13 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.) … 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… 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. digged. 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… Jump to Previous Alone Altars Blood Broken Death Demolished Digged Dug Kill Killed Life Overthrown Prophets Searching Seek Seeking Thirsting Torn Trying WasteJump to Next Alone Altars Blood Broken Death Demolished Digged Dug Kill Killed Life Overthrown Prophets Searching Seek Seeking Thirsting Torn Trying WasteRomans 11 1. God has not cast off all Israel.7. Some were elected, though the rest were hardened. 16. There is hope of their conversion. 18. The Gentiles may not exult over them; 26. for there is a promise of their salvation. 33. God's judgments are unsearchable. “Lord, they have killed Your prophets Elijah recalled Israel’s long resistance to God’s messengers. Under Ahab and Jezebel, those who remained faithful faced deadly persecution. 1Ki 18:4 for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD… and torn down Your altars. The nation had forsaken the worship of the LORD for Baal. The ruined altar Elijah repaired on Mount Carmel stood as evidence of Israel’s covenant unfaithfulness. 1Ki 18:30-32 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.”… I am the only one left, Overwhelmed by the rebellion around him, Elijah believed he was the last faithful servant of God. Yet the Lord had preserved seven thousand Israelites who had not worshiped Baal. 1Ki 19:10 I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,… and they are seeking my life as well”? Jezebel’s threat forced Elijah to flee after the events at Carmel. Paul uses Elijah’s experience to show that Israel’s unbelief did not mean God had rejected His people; He had kept a faithful remnant. 1Ki 19:14 I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,… Persons / Places / Events 1. ElijahA prophet of God who felt isolated and threatened by the Israelites' rebellion against God. His account is a backdrop for understanding Romans 11:3. 2. Israelites The people of Israel, who during Elijah's time, had turned away from God, worshiping Baal and persecuting God's prophets. 3. Prophets God's messengers who were often rejected and persecuted by the people they were sent to guide back to righteousness. 4. Mount Carmel The site of Elijah's confrontation with the prophets of Baal, demonstrating God's power and Elijah's faithfulness. 5. Jezebel The queen who sought Elijah's life after he defeated the prophets of Baal, representing the opposition to God's truth. Teaching Points God's Faithfulness in IsolationEven when we feel alone in our faith, God assures us that we are not truly alone. He preserves a remnant of faithful believers. The Cost of Prophetic Ministry Being a messenger of God can lead to persecution and rejection, but it is a calling that requires courage and trust in God's protection. Perseverance in Faith Like Elijah, believers are called to persevere in their faith, even when facing opposition or feeling isolated. God's Sovereign Plan God's plan is not thwarted by human rebellion. He continues to work through a faithful remnant to accomplish His purposes. Encouragement in Community Seek out and support fellow believers to combat feelings of isolation and to strengthen one another in faith. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Romans 11:3?2. How does Romans 11:3 reflect Elijah's feelings of isolation and despair? 3. What can we learn from Elijah's plea about God's faithfulness to His people? 4. How does Romans 11:3 connect with God's response in 1 Kings 19:18? 5. How can Elijah's experience in Romans 11:3 encourage us during spiritual loneliness? 6. In what ways can we trust God's plan when feeling abandoned, like Elijah? 7. Why does Elijah feel abandoned in Romans 11:3 despite God's promises? 8. How does Romans 11:3 reflect on God's faithfulness to His people? 9. What historical context led to Elijah's plea in Romans 11:3? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Romans 11? (3) I am left alone--i.e., of the prophets.Romans 11:3, quoting Elijah, expresses a prophet’s honest despair in the face of national apostasy and personal danger. Paul uses the citation to show that—then and now—God keeps a remnant, guards His servants, and carries forward His redemptive purposes. Felt isolation, cultural rebellion, even lethal threats cannot overturn the Lord’s covenant faithfulness. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek “Lord,Κύριε (Kyrie) Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master. they have killed ἀπέκτειναν (apekteinan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 615: To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy. Your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. prophets προφήτας (prophētas) Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Strong's 4396: From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet. [and] torn down κατέσκαψαν (kateskapsan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2679: To dig down under, demolish, undermine. From kata and skapto; to undermine, i.e. destroy. Your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. altars. θυσιαστήριά (thysiastēria) Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural Strong's 2379: An altar (for sacrifice). From a derivative of thusia; a place of sacrifice, i.e. An altar. I κἀγὼ (kagō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular Strong's 2504: To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me. [am] the only one μόνος (monos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3441: Only, solitary, desolate. Probably from meno; remaining, i.e. Sole or single; by implication, mere. left, ὑπελείφθην (hypeleiphthēn) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Singular Strong's 5275: To leave behind; pass: To be left surviving. From hupotrecho and leipo; to leave under, i.e. to remain. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. they are seeking ζητοῦσιν (zētousin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 2212: To seek, search for, desire, require, demand. Of uncertain affinity; to seek; specially, to worship, or to plot. my μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. life [ as well ]”? ψυχήν (psychēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 5590: From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely. 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