which he foreknew - On the word “foreknew,” see on Rom 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).