What then? What (A)Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but [a]those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were (B)hardened; just as it is written:

(C)God gave them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes to see not and ears to hear not,
Down to this very day.”

And David says,

(D)May their table become a snare and a trap,
And a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
10 (E)May their eyes be darkened to see not,
And bend their backs continually.”

11 (F)I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? [b](G)Far from it! But by their wrongdoing (H)salvation has come to the Gentiles, to (I)make them jealous.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:7 Lit the election
  2. Romans 11:11 Lit May it never happen!

30 (A)What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, but (B)the righteousness that is [a]by faith; 31 however, Israel, (C)pursuing a law of righteousness, did not (D)arrive at that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it [b]by faith, but as though they could [c]by works. They stumbled over (E)the stumbling stone,

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 9:30 Lit out of
  2. Romans 9:32 Lit out of
  3. Romans 9:32 Lit out of

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