⁵ He looked around at them with anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

¹⁰ After looking around at all of them, he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was restored.

¹⁸ they are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.^(A)

⁶ The king said to the man of God, “Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God, and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored to him and became as it was before.^(A)

All Israel Will Be Saved

²⁵ I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in.^(A)

⁷ What then? Israel has not achieved what it was pursuing. The elect have achieved it, but the rest were hardened,^{(A) 8} as it is written,

⁹ And David says,

¹⁴ With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says:

¹³ Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and it was restored, as sound as the other.

¹⁶ calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,^(A)

⁹ and having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,^(A)