³ “Lord,” he says, “they have killed your prophets, they have thrown down your altars; I’m the only one left, and they are trying to kill me!” ⁴ But what is the reply from the divine word? “I have left for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”

⁵ In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.