Romans 10:19-20
Context10:19 But again I ask, didn’t Israel understand? 1 First Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger.” 2 10:20 And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, “I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me.” 3
Romans 11:11
Context11:11 I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, 4 did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel 5 jealous.
1 tn Grk “Israel did not ‘not know,’ did he?” The double negative in Greek has been translated as a positive affirmation for clarity (see v. 18 above for a similar situation).
2 sn A quotation from Deut 32:21.
3 sn A quotation from Isa 65:1.
4 tn Grk “that they might fall.”
5 tn Grk “them”; the referent (Israel, cf. 11:7) has been specified in the translation for clarity.