16. Yet not everyone has believed the message. For example, the prophet Isaiah asked, “Lord, has anyone believed what we said?”
17. No one can have faith without hearing the message about Christ.
18. But am I saying that the people of Israel did not hear? No, I am not! The Scriptures say,“The message was toldeverywhere on earth.It was announcedall over the world.”
19. Did the people of Israel understand or not? Moses answered this question when he told that the Lord had said,“I will make Israel jealousof peoplewho are a nationof nobodies.I will make them angrywith peoplewho don't understanda thing.”
20. Isaiah was fearless enough to tell that the Lord had said,“I was found by peoplewho were not lookingfor me.I appeared to the oneswho were not askingabout me.”
21. And Isaiah said about the people of Israel,“All day long the Lordhas reached outto people who are stubbornand refuse to obey.”