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What tis then oun? Israel Israēl failed ou to obtain epitynchanō what hos it was seeking epizēteō, but de the ho elect eklogē obtained epitynchanō it. The ho · de rest loipos were hardened pōroō, as kathōs it is written graphō, “ God theos gave didōmi them autos · ho a spirit pneuma of stupor katanyxis, eyes ophthalmos that ho would not see blepō and kai ears ous that ho would not hear akouō, to heōs this ho very sēmeron day hēmera.” And kai David Dauid says legō, “ May their autos table trapeza become ginomai · ho a snare pagis and kai a trap thēra, · kai a stumbling skandalon block and kai a retribution antapodoma for them autos. 10 May their autos eyes ophthalmos be darkened · ho so ho they cannot see blepō, and kai keep · ho their autos backs nōtos constantly dia pas bent synkamptō.”

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

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

And David says,

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

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