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

What then? What Israel was searching for, this it did not obtain. But the elect obtained it, and the rest were hardened, just as it is written,

“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear,
    until this very day.”[a]

And David says,

“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
    and a cause for stumbling and a retribution to them;
10 let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see,
    and cause their backs to bend continually[b].”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:8 A quotation from Deut 29:4; Isa 29:10
  2. Romans 11:10 Literally “throughout everything”
  3. Romans 11:10 A quotation from Ps 69:22–23