Romans 11:8

According as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, to 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? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

9David says,"Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:34To this day they do what they did before: they do not fear the Lord, neither do they follow their statutes, or their ordinances, or the law or the commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;

Isaiah 6:9He said, "Go, and tell this people,'You hear indeed,but do not understand;and you see indeed,but do not perceive.'

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

Matthew 13:13Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, neither do they understand.

Luke 8:10He 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 minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes 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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