5. It is the same way now. God was kind to the people of Israel, and so a few of them are still his followers.
6. This happened because of God's undeserved kindness and not because of anything they have done. It could not have happened except for God's kindness.
7. This means that only a chosen few of the people of Israel found what all of them were searching for. And the rest of them were stubborn,
8. just as the Scriptures say,“God made them so stupidthat their eyes are blind,and their earsare still deaf.”
9. Then David said,“Turn their mealsinto bait for a trap,so that they will stumbleand be givenwhat they deserve.