What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for,(A) but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,(B) as it is written:

God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,[a]
eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.(C)[b]

And David says:

Let their feasting[c] become a snare and a trap,
a pitfall and a retribution to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:8 Lit stupification
  2. Romans 11:8 Dt 29:4; Is 29:10
  3. Romans 11:9 Lit table

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