1. I say then, Has God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the descendants of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2. God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the scripture says of Elijah? how he makes intercession to God against Israel, saying,
3. Lord, they have killed your prophets, and dug down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
4. But what says the answer of God unto him?