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What should we say then? The people of Israel did not receive what they wanted so badly. Those Israelites who were chosen did receive it. But the rest of the people were made stubborn. It is written,

“God made it hard for them to understand.
    He gave them eyes that could not see.
    He gave them ears that could not hear.
And they are still like that today.” (Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10)

David says,

“Let their feast be a trap and a snare.
    Let them trip and fall. Let them get what’s coming to them.
10 Let their eyes grow dark so they can’t see.
    Let their backs be bent forever.” (Psalm 69:22,23)

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