Romans 11:8

just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day.

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In The King James Version

(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day.

In Context

7What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain. But the chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened,

9And David says, Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:34To this day they do after the former manner. They do not fear LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which LORD commanded the sons of Jacob, whom he named Is

Isaiah 6:9And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but do not understand, and see ye indeed, but do not perceive.

Jeremiah 5:21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding, who have eyes, and see not, who have ears, and hear not:

Matthew 13:13Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand.

Luke 8:10And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the others in parables, so that seeing they would not see, and hearing they would not understand.

2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old testament, not being uncovered, which thing is abolished in Christ.

Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33

The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →

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