2-4. God hath—"did"
not cast away his people—that is, wholly
which he foreknew—On the word "foreknew," see on Ro 8:29.
Wot—that is, "Know"
ye not that the scripture saith of—literally, "in," that is, in the section which relates to
Elias? how he maketh intercession—"pleadeth"
against Israel—(The word "saying," which follows, as also the particle "and" before "digged down," should be omitted, as without manuscript authority).