6. Now if by grace, then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.
7. What then? Israel did not find what it was looking for, but the elect did find it. The rest were hardened,
8. as it is written:God gave them a spirit of insensitivity, eyes that cannot seeand ears that cannot hear,to this day.
9. And David says:Let their feasting become a snare and a trap,a pitfall and a retribution to them.
10. Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,and their backs be bent continually.