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

[a](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)Let their table become a snare and a trap,
And a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
10 (E)Let their eyes be darkened to see not,
And bend their backs forever.”

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:8 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 29:10

What, then, does this mean?[a] It means that Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking, but the selected group obtained it while the rest were hardened. As it is written,

“To this day God has put them into[b] deep sleep.
    Their eyes do not see, and their ears do not hear.”[c]

And David says,

“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
    a stumbling block and a punishment for them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
    and keep their backs forever bent.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:7 The Gk. lacks does this mean
  2. Romans 11:8 Lit. has given them a spirit of
  3. Romans 11:8 Cf. Deut 29:4; Isa 29:10
  4. Romans 11:10 Cf. Ps 69:22-23; 35:8