6 His choice is based on his grace, not on what they have done. For if God's choice were based on what people do, then his grace would not be real grace.
7 What then? The people of Israel did not find what they were looking for. It was only the small group that God chose who found it; the rest grew deaf to God's call.
8 As the scripture says, “God made their minds and hearts dull; to this very day they cannot see or hear.”
9 And David says:“May they be caught and trapped at their feasts;may they fall, may they be punished!
10 May their eyes be blinded so that they cannot see;and make them bend under their troubles at all times.”
11 I ask, then: when the Jews stumbled, did they fall to their ruin? By no means! Because they sinned, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make the Jews jealous of them.
12 The sin of the Jews brought rich blessings to the world, and their spiritual poverty brought rich blessings to the Gentiles. Then, how much greater the blessings will be when the complete number of Jews is included!