though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad, in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of his call,
It may be that the Lord your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.”