12 It wasn’t because of what was done but because of God’s call. This was said to her: The older child will be a slave to the younger one.
13 As it is written, I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.
14 So what are we going to say? Isn’t this unfair on God’s part? Absolutely not!
15 He says to Moses, I’ll have mercy on whomever I choose to have mercy, and I’ll show compassion to whomever I choose to show compassion.
16 So then, it doesn’t depend on a person’s desire or effort. It depends entirely on God, who shows mercy.
17 Scripture says to Pharaoh, I have put you in this position for this very thing: so I can show my power in you and so that my name can be spread through the entire earth.
18 So then, God has mercy on whomever he wants to, but he makes resistant whomever he wants to.