6 This happened because of God's undeserved kindness and not because of anything they have done. It could not have happened except for God's kindness.
7 This means that only a chosen few of the people of Israel found what all of them were searching for. And the rest of them were stubborn,
8 just as the Scriptures say,“God made them so stupidthat their eyes are blind,and their earsare still deaf.”
9 Then David said,“Turn their mealsinto bait for a trap,so that they will stumbleand be givenwhat they deserve.
10 Blindfold their eyes!Don't let them see.Bend their backsbeneath a burdenthat will never be lifted.”
11 Do I mean that the people of Israel fell, never to get up again? Certainly not! Their failure made it possible for the Gentiles to be saved, and this will make the people of Israel jealous.
12 But if the rest of the world's people were helped so much by Israel's sin and loss, they will be helped even more by their full return.