Romans 11:8

According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of slumber, Eyes that they should not see, Ears that they should not hear, unto this day.

Montgomery New Testament

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? that which Israel has been seeking for, that he has not obtained; but the chosen have obtained it, and the rest have been hardened.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 13:13"This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

Luke 8:10He answered. "To you it is given to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of God; But all others are taught in parables so that seeing they shall not see, and hearing they shall not hear.

2 Corinthians 3:14Nay, their minds were made dull; for to this very day, at the public reading of the Old Testament, the same veil rests thereon, because it is not revealed to them that in Christ the veil is taken away.

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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