18 But I say, they have not heard, have they? On the contrary, “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.”
19 But I say, Israel did not know, did they? First, Moses says, “I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation; by a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.”
20 And Isaiah is very bold and says, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I became known to those who did not ask for me.”
21 But about Israel he says, “The whole day long I held out my hands to a disobedient and resistant people.”