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19 Then I say to myself: “Did Israel not know?” And my answer must be that they did. For Moses says: ‘I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation. I will anger you by a foolish nation’.

20 And Isaiah, more daring still, puts these words into the mouth of God: ‘I was found by those who did not seek me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for me’.

21 And then, speaking of Israel: ‘All day long I have stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people’.

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19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,

“I will make you envious(A) by those who are not a nation;
    I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”[a](B)

20 And Isaiah boldly says,

“I was found by those who did not seek me;
    I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.”[b](C)

21 But concerning Israel he says,

“All day long I have held out my hands
    to a disobedient and obstinate people.”[c](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:19 Deut. 32:21
  2. Romans 10:20 Isaiah 65:1
  3. Romans 10:21 Isaiah 65:2