“Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.”
Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah — how he appealed to God against Israel? — Paul reaches back to 1 Kings 19:10 (also 19:14), Elijah's complaint that Israel has forsaken the covenant and killed the prophets. The apostle locates the pattern of apparent wholesale rejection in Israel's own scriptures, legitimizing his question.
Church Fathers on Romans 11:3
“Do you not know,” he says, “what the Scripture says of Elias? How he makes intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed Your prophets, and dug down Your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what says the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to Myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also, there is a remnant according to the election of grace.” What he means is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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