Romans:11:1-10

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* Then I ask , Did God cast off his people ? No indeed . For I also am an Israelite , a son of Abraham , a member of the tribe of Benjamin . * God did not cast off his people whom he foreknew . For do you not know what is said in the Scripture about Elijah ? how he pleaded with God against Israel , saying , * Lord , they have killed thy prophets , they have overthrown thine altars ; And now I alone am left , and they seek my life . * But what was the answer of God to him ? I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal . * In the same way also at this time there is a remnant chosen by gift of grace . * But if it is by grace , it is no longer of works ; or else grace is no more grace . * What then ? that which Israel has been seeking for , that he has not obtained ; but the chosen have obtained it , and the rest have been hardened . * According as it is written , God has given them a spirit of slumber , Eyes that they should not see , Ears that they should not hear , unto this day . * As David says . Let their table be made a snare and a trap , And a stumbling-block and a recompense unto them ; * Let their eyes be darkened , that they may not see , And bow thou down their backs forever .

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