Romans 11:7
So what do we conclude? That the people of Israel didn't achieve what they were striving for—only the chosen, while the rest became hard-hearted.
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Proverbs 1:28then you'll call out to me for help, but I won't answer; you'll search hard for me, but won't find me.
Isaiah 44:18How ignorant they are, how dumb! Their eyes have been plastered over so they can't see, their minds closed so they don't have insight.
Luke 13:24“Try very hard to enter the narrow doorway, because I tell you that many will try to go in, and won't succeed.
Romans 3:9So then, are we Jews better than others? Definitely not! Remember that we've already argued that both Jews and foreigners are under the control of sin.
Romans 8:28We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, those whom he has called to be part of his plan.
Romans 9:23so that he might reveal the greatness of his glory through these “pots of mercy” which he has prepared in advance for glory.
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 →