15. And how will they proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written:“How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim the Good News of peace,who bring glad tidings of good things!”
16. But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
17. So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
18. But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly,“Their sound went out into all the earth,their words to the ends of the world.”
19. But I ask, didn’t Israel know? First Moses says,“I will provoke you to jealousy with that which is no nation.I will make you angry with a nation void of understanding.”
20. Isaiah is very bold and says,“I was found by those who didn’t seek me.I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”
21. But about Israel he says, “All day long I stretched out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”