Bible in Basic English
"What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard."
— Romans 11:7, Bible in Basic English
“What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded”
But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.
In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.
But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.
And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:
Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.