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Yet will I leave [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.
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God's Hidden Faithful
God's response to Elijah's despair reveals a crucial truth: we are never as alone as we might feel. Commentators highlight that God always preserves a 'remnant' of faithful people, even if they are hidden from our view. This verse is a powerful encouragement that God's work is larger and more resilient than it may appear, as He knows and protects His own.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yet I have left me... - This phrase means that seven thousand faithful Israelites will survive all the persecutions of Ahab and Jez…
19th Century
Anglican
I have left. —It should be “I leave,” or “will leave,” through all this vengeance, the seven thousand faithful; like the faithful …
Baptist
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elish…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel From perishing by the sword of either of them:
all th…
God repeated the question, What doest thou here? Then he complained of his discouragement; and where should God's prophets go with their c…
