7 What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn`t obtain, but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
8 According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to this very day."
9 David says, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, A stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Bow down their back always."
11 I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? Certainly not! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now if their fall is the riches of the world, and their loss the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;