But what is God's reply to him? (A)“I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” So too at the present time there is (B)a remnant, chosen by grace. (C)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

What then? (D)Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest (E)were hardened, as it is written,

(F)“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
    (G)eyes that would not see
    and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day.”

And David says,

(H)“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
    a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
10 let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
    and bend their backs forever.”

Gentiles Grafted In

11 So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass (I)salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous.

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