Romans 11:5-10
5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
6 And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
7 What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
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as it is written:
“God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes so that they could not see
and ears so that they could not hear,
to this very day.”
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And David says:
“May their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
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May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.”