5 In the same way, then, there is also at the present time a remnant chosen by grace.
6 Now if by grace, then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.
7 What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for, but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,
8 as it is written:God gave them a spirit of insensitivity, eyes that cannot seeand ears that cannot hear,to this day.
9 And David says:Let their feasting become a snare and a trap,a pitfall and a retribution to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,and their backs be bent continually.
11 I ask, then, have they stumbled in order to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their stumbling, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.