Romans 11:8

According as it is written: God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 after, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

9And David says: Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them;

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Cross References

Matthew 13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor understand.

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

2 Corinthians 3:14But their understandings were hardened; for until this day the same vail on the reading of the old covenant remains, not being taken away; which vail is done away in Christ[3:14].

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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