9. And David says:“Let their own feasts trap them and cause their ruin.Let their feasts cause them to sin and be paid back.
10. Let their eyes be closed so they cannot see.Let their backs be forever weak from troubles.” Psalm 69:22-23
11. So I ask: When the Jews fell, did that fall destroy them? No! But their failure brought salvation to the non-Jews. This took place to cause the Jews to be jealous.
12. The Jews’ failure brought rich blessings for the world. And what the Jews lost brought rich blessings for the non-Jewish people. So surely the world will get much richer blessings when enough Jews become the kind of people God wants.