Romans 11:3
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."

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.”

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."

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.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars. And I am left alone: and they seek my life.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars. And I am left alone: and they seek my life.

Lord.

1 Kings 18:4,13 For when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, he took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread and water. . . .

1 Kings 19:10-18 And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they have thrown down thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away. . . .

Nehemiah 9:26 But they provoked thee to wrath, and departed from thee, and threw thy law behind their backs: and they killed thy prophets, who admonished them earnestly to return to thee: and they were guilty of great blasphemies.

Jeremiah 2:30 In vain have I struck your children, they have not received correction: your sword hath devoured your prophets, your generation is like a ravaging lion.

digged.

1 Kings 18:30,31 Elias said to all the people: Come ye unto me. And the people coming near unto him, he repaired the altar of the Lord, that was broken down: . . .

Context
The Remnant of Israel
2God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture saith of Elias, how he calleth on God against Israel? 3Lord, they have slain thy prophets, they have dug down thy altars. And I am left alone: and they seek my life. 4But what saith the divine answer to him? I have left me seven thousand men that have not bowed their knees to Baal.…
Cross References
1 Kings 19:10
And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they have thrown down thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away.

1 Kings 19:14
With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they have destroyed thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword; and I alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away.

Romans 11:2
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