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10 Let their vision become clouded so that they cannot see.
    Let them carry back-breaking burdens forever.”

11 So I ask, “Has Israel stumbled so badly that it can’t get up again?” That’s unthinkable! By Israel’s failure, salvation has come to people who are not Jewish to make the Jewish people jealous. 12 The fall of the Jewish people made the world spiritually rich. Their failure made people who are not Jewish spiritually rich. So the inclusion of Jewish people will make the world even richer.

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10 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,(A)
    and their backs be bent forever.”[a](B)

Ingrafted Branches

11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all!(C) Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles(D) to make Israel envious.(E) 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles,(F) how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 11:10 Psalm 69:22,23