Romans 11 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking [that is, God’s favor by obedience to the Law], but the elect [those chosen few] obtained it, while the rest of them became hardened and callously indifferent;

“GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR,

EYES THAT DO NOT SEE AND EARS THAT DO NOT HEAR,

[a spiritual apathy that has continued] TO THIS VERY DAY.”

And David says,

“LET THEIR TABLE (abundance) BECOME A SNARE AND A TRAP,

A STUMBLING BLOCK AND A RETRIBUTION TO THEM.

“LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED SO THAT THEY DO NOT SEE,

AND MAKE THEIR BACKS BEND [under their burden] FOREVER.”

So I say, have they stumbled so as to fall [to spiritual ruin]? Certainly not! But by their transgression [their rejection of the Messiah] salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous [when they realize what they have forfeited].

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you [Gentiles], being like a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share with them the rich root of the olive tree,

I do not want you, believers, to be unaware of this mystery [God’s previously hidden plan]—so that you will not be wise in your own opinion—that a partial hardening has [temporarily] happened to Israel [to last] until the full number of the Gentiles has come in;

“THE DELIVERER (Messiah) WILL COME FROM ZION,

HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB.”

“THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM,

WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS.”

From the standpoint of the gospel, the Jews [at present] are enemies [of God] for your sake [which is for your benefit], but from the standpoint of God’s choice [of the Jews as His people], they are still loved by Him for the sake of the fathers.

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and decisions and how unfathomable and untraceable are His ways!