Romans 10:20-21

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²⁰Also, this is what Isaiah said very bravely:

‘God says: Those people who were not looking for me have found me.
I showed myself to people who were not even asking about me.’^[a]

²¹But Isaiah says this about Israel's people:

‘God says: For a very long time,
I have been asking my people to return to me.
But they refused to obey me.
They turned against me.’^[b]

10:20 See Isaiah 65:1. Isaiah is speaking about the Gentiles. They were not waiting for Christ, God's Messiah, to come. They did not know anything about him. But because God is kind, he sent his good news to them.
10:21 See Isaiah 65:2. The Jews should have been waiting for Christ. The Old Testament told them that he would come. But when he came, they did not recognize him. See John 1:11.

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