^{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.

^{11 Ref} So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.

^{12 Ref} Now, if their fall is the wealth of the world, and their loss the wealth of the Gentiles, how much greater will be the glory when they are made full?