1I therefore say, God did not reject his people, did he? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.2God did not reject his people whom he foreknew, did he? Or do you not know what the Scripture says in Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?3Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.4But what does the proclamation say to him? I have left for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.5So then also in the present time a remnant according to an election of grace has come to be.6But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.7What then? What Israel seeks after, this it did not obtain, but the election obtained it; the rest were hardened.8As it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, until this very day.9And David says, Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.10Let their eyes be darkened so as not to see, and bend their back forever.