¹⁸ “But even in those days, declares the Lord, ^(A)I will not make a full end of you.

²⁷ For thus says the Lord, “The whole land shall be a desolation; ^(A)yet I will not make a full end.

The Remnant of Israel

11 I ask, then, ^(A)has God rejected his people? By no means! For ^(B)I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham,^[a] a member of the tribe of Benjamin. ^2 (C)God has not rejected his people whom he ^(D)foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? ^3 (E)“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” ⁴ But what is God's reply to him? ^(F)“I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” ⁵ So too at the present time there is ^(G)a remnant, chosen by grace.

¹³ And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, ^(A)that ^(B)Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. ^(C)Then I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, ^(D)“Ah, Lord God! ^(E)Will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”

⁸ And while they were striking, and I was left alone, ^(A)I fell upon my face, and cried, ^(B)“Ah, Lord God! ^(C)Will you destroy all the remnant of Israel ^(D)in the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?”