And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: (g) because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [even] I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
(g) So should not depend on the multitude in maintaining God's glory, but because our duty requires us to do it.