6. And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
7. What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,
8. as it is written:‘God gave them a spirit of stupor,eyes that could not seeand ears that could not hear,to this very day.’
9. And David says:‘May their table become a snare and a trap,a stumbling-block and a retribution for them.
10. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,and their backs be bent for ever.’