³¹ but the people of Israel, who pursued the law as the way of righteousness,^(A) have not attained their goal.^{(B) 32} Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone.^{(C) 33} As it is written:

10 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire^(E) and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. ² For I can testify about them that they are zealous^(F) for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. ³ Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.^(G)