But haven’t there been plenty of opportunities for Israel to listen and understand what’s going on? Plenty, I’d say.Preachers’ voices have gone ’round the world,Their message to earth’s seven seas.So the big question is, Why didn’t Israel understand that she had no corner on this message? Moses had it right when he predicted,When you see God reach out to thoseyou consider your inferiors—outsiders!—you’ll become insanely jealous.When you see God reach out to peopleyou think are religiously stupid,you’ll throw temper tantrums.Isaiah dared to speak out these words of God:People found and welcomed mewho never so much as looked for me.And I found and welcomed peoplewho had never even asked about me.Then he capped it with a damning indictment:Day after day after day,I beckoned Israel with open arms,And got nothing for my troublebut cold shoulders and icy stares.