7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it was seeking. But the elect obtained it, and the rest were hardened.
8 As it is written: “God has given them a spirit of slumber,eyes that would not seeand ears that would not hear,to this very day.”
9 And David says: “Let their table become a snare and a trap,a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they may not see,and always bow down their backs.”
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid! But through their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous.
12 Now if their transgression means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fullness mean?
13 For I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,