NET Bible
"What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,"
— Romans 11:7, NET Bible
“What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded”
“What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened: ”
“What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.”
“What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it. And the rest have been blinded.”
“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.”
“What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded”
But what was the divine response to him?“I have kept for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal.”
So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened,
as it is written,“God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.”
And David says,“Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually.”