“Lord, (A)they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.” But what [a]is the divine response to him? “(B)I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time (C)a remnant according to God’s [b]gracious choice. But (D)if it is by grace, it is no longer [c]on the basis of works, since otherwise grace is no longer grace.

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

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

And David says,

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

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:4 Lit says
  2. Romans 11:5 Lit choice of grace
  3. Romans 11:6 Lit out of
  4. Romans 11:7 Lit the election

“Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”[a]?(A) And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”[b](B) So too, at the present time there is a remnant(C) chosen by grace.(D) And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works;(E) if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain.(F) The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,(G) as it is written:

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
    eyes that could not see
    and ears that could not hear,(H)
to this very day.”[c](I)

And David says:

“May their table become a snare and a trap,
    a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,(J)
    and their backs be bent forever.”[d](K)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:3 1 Kings 19:10,14
  2. Romans 11:4 1 Kings 19:18
  3. Romans 11:8 Deut. 29:4; Isaiah 29:10
  4. Romans 11:10 Psalm 69:22,23