Romans 11:7-12

⁷So what do we conclude? That the people of Israel didn't achieve what they were striving for—only the chosen, while the rest became hard-hearted.

⁸As Scripture says, “God dulled their minds so their eyes could not see and their ears could not hear, to this very day.”

⁹David adds, “May their feasts become a trap for them, a net that catches them, a temptation that brings punishment.

¹⁰May their eyes become blind so they cannot see, and may their backs always be bent low in dejection.”

¹¹So am I saying that they stumbled and consequently failed completely? Not at all! But as a result of their mistakes, salvation came to other nations, to “make them jealous.”

¹²Now if even their failure benefits the world, and their loss profits the foreigners, how much more beneficial it would be if they were to completely fulfill what they were meant to be.