18. But I ask: did they not hear? Of course they did:‘Their voice has gone out into all the earth,their words to the ends of the world.’
19. Again I ask: did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,‘I will make you envious by those who are not a nation;I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.’
20. And Isaiah boldly says,‘I was found by those who did not seek me;I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.’
21. But concerning Israel he says,‘All day long I have held out my handsto a disobedient and obstinate people.’