6. And if they are chosen by grace, it is no longer a matter of working for it. If it were, grace wouldn't be grace anymore.
7. What should we say then? Israel did not receive what they wanted so badly. But those who were chosen did. God made the rest of them stubborn.
8. It is written, "God made it hard for them to understand. He gave them eyes that could not see. He gave them ears that could not hear. And they are still like that today." (Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10)
9. David says, "Let their feast be a trap and a snare. Let it make Israel trip and fall. Let Israel get what's coming to them.