^{29 Ref} And, as Isaiah had said before, If the Lord of armies had not given us a seed, we would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah.

^{30 Ref} What then may we say? That the nations who did not go after righteousness have got righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

^{31 Ref} But Israel, going after a law of righteousness, did not get it.

^{32 Ref} Why? Because they were not searching for it by faith, but by works. They came up against the stone which was in the way;

^{33 Ref} As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.