Their sound went forth into all the earth, And their words unto the ends of the world. (19)But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are no people, By a foolish nation I will move you to anger. (20)But Isaiah is very bold, and says: I was found by those who sought me not; I became manifest to those who asked not after me. (21)But of Israel he says: All the day long, I stretched forth my hands, To a disobedient and gainsaying people. XI. I SAY then, did God cast away his people? Far be it! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. (2)God did not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the Scripture says in the story of Elijah; how he pleads with God against Israel, saying: (3)Lord they killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I was left alone, and they seek my life. (4)But what says the answer of God to him? I reserved to myself seven thousand men, who bowed not the knee to Baal. (5)Even so then, at this present time also, there is a remnant according to the election of grace. (6)And if by grace, it is no longer of works; otherwise, grace becomes no longer grace. [11:6][But if of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise, work is no longer work.] (7)What then? What Israel seeks after, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened. (8)According as it is written: God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear, unto this day. (9)And David says: Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, And a stumbling-block, and a recompense to them; (10)Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow down their back alway. (11)I say then, did they stumble in order that they should fall? Far be it! But by their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. (12)But if their fall is the riches of the world, and their diminution the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness? (13)For I am speaking to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office; (14)if by any means I may provoke to emulation those who are my flesh, and may save some of them. (15)For if the casting away of them is the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? (16)And if the first-fruit is holy, so also is the lump; and if the root is holy, so also are the branches. (17)And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert grafted in among them, and became a partaker with them of the root and the fatness of the olive-tree; (18)boast not over the branches. But if thou boast, it is not thou that bearest the root, but the root thee.