Romans 11:2-4 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture says, in regard to Elijah? how he intercedes with God against Israel, saying:

Anderson⁽ⁱ⁾ ² God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture says, in regard to Elijah? how he intercedes with God against Israel, saying: ³ Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thy altars, and I am left alone, and they seek: my life. ⁴ But what says the answer of God to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.