Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.”
Yet I have left [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. (h) He declares that wicked deceivers and idolaters are not his.
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel,.... From perishing by the sword of either of them: all the knees which have not bowed to Baal; that is, had not worshipped him, which was signified by this gesture: and every mouth which hath not kissed him; either the image of Baal itself, or the hand, in reverence of him; which rites, one or other...
of good men; yea, many more with him, concerning whom we are now put out of doubt, because we find tliem canonized for saints by God himself, would have been cast, if a jury of men, and those holy men too, had gone upon them.
Commenting on Ephesians 6:10-20