Romans 11:3
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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.

Lexicon
“Lord,
Κύριε (Kyrie)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

prophets
προφήτας (prophētas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

altars.
θυσιαστήριά (thysiastēria)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they are seeking
ζητοῦσιν (zētousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 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 Greek 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 Greek 5590: From psucho; breath, i.e. spirit, abstractly or concretely.


Additional Translations
“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”?

"Lord, they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone have been left, and they are seeking my life"?

Lord, they have killed your prophets, and dig down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and I have been left alone, and they seek my life.

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars: and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.

"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"?

"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."

'Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;'
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