4. But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5. Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
6. And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7. What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
8. Just as it is written:“God has given them a spirit of stupor,Eyes that they should not seeAnd ears that they should not hear,To this very day.”
9. And David says:“Let their table become a snare and a trap,A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10. Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,And bow down their back always.”
11. I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.