^{5 Ref} In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.

^{6 Ref} But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.

^{7 Ref} What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.

^{8 Ref} As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.

^{9 Ref} And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:

^{10 Ref} Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.