17. So faith comes from hearing the message, and the message that is heard is what Christ spoke.
18. But I ask, “Didn’t they hear that message?” Certainly they did! “The voice of the messengers has gone out into the whole world and their words to the ends of the earth.”
19. Again I ask, “Didn’t Israel understand ⌊that message⌋?” Moses was the first to say, “I will make you jealous of people who are not a nation. I will make you angry about a nation that doesn’t understand.”
20. Isaiah said very boldly, “I was found by those who weren’t looking for me. I was revealed to those who weren’t asking for me.”
21. Then Isaiah said about Israel, “All day long I have stretched out my hands to disobedient and rebellious people.”