Romans 11:9-11

The Voice

⁹David says it this way:

Let their table be turned into a snare and a trap,
an obstacle to peace and payback for their hostility.
¹⁰Let their bright eyes become cloudy, darkened so they cannot see,
and bend their proud backs through it all.^[a]

¹¹So I ask: did God’s people stumble and fall off the deep end? Absolutely not! They are not lost forever; but through their misconduct, the door has been opened for salvation to extend even to the outsiders. This has been part of God’s plan all along, and so is the jealousy that comes when they realize the outsiders have been welcomed into God’s new covenant.

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