Rom 11:2 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 2. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. ] God has not finally and irrecoverably rejected a people whom he has loved (or approved ) so long , ονπροεγνω, for this is evidently the meaning of the word in this place, as we have already seen, , and is a very general meaning of the original verb yada in Hebrew and γινωσκω in Greek; as I have had often occasion to notice in different parts of this work, and what none will deny who consults the original. See Schleusner, Parkhust , &c. Wot ye not what the Scripture saith ] ουκοιδατε, Do ye not know what the Scripture saith ? The reference is to . And the apostle's answer to the objecting Jew is to the following effect: God hath not universally thrust away his people, for whom in the promise to Abraham he intended, and to whom decreed, to grant his special favour and blessing; but the case is now much as it was in the days of Elijah: that prophet, in his addresses to God, made his complaint against Israel thus:-

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Verse 2. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew.] God has not finally and irrecoverably rejected a people whom he has loved (or approved) so long, ονπροεγνω, for this is evidently the meaning of the word in this place, as we have already seen, Ro 8:29, and is a very general meaning of the original verb yada in Hebrew and γινωσκω in Greek; as I have had often occasion to notice in different parts of this work, and what none will deny who consults the original. See Schleusner, Parkhust, &c.

Wot ye not what the Scripture saith] ουκοιδατε, Do ye not know what the Scripture saith? The reference is to 1Ki 19:10,14. And the apostle's answer to the objecting Jew is to the following effect: God hath not universally thrust away his people, for whom in the promise to Abraham he intended, and to whom decreed, to grant his special favour and blessing; but the case is now much as it was in the days of Elijah: that prophet, in his addresses to God, made his complaint against Israel thus:-