Romans 11:7–9

7 What then? pIsrael failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest qwere hardened, 8 as it is written,

r“God gave them a spirit of stupor,

seyes that would not see

and ears that would not hear,

down to this very day.”

9 And David says,

t“Let their table become a snare and a trap,

a stumbling block and a retribution for them;