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18 Let me ask you this: ‘Did Israel's people hear that message?’ They certainly did! The Bible says:

‘People have spoken God's message everywhere.
People have heard his message in every part of the world.’[a]

19 So I ask this too: ‘When Israel's people heard God's message, did they understand it?’ First, think about what Moses wrote. God said to Israel's people:

‘I will make you jealous because of people who are not my people.
I will make you angry because of people who know nothing about me.’[b]

20 Also, this is what Isaiah said very bravely:

‘God says: Those people who were not looking for me have found me.
I showed myself to people who were not even asking about me.’[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 10:18 See Psalms 19:4.
  2. 10:19 See Deuteronomy 32:21.
  3. 10:20 See Isaiah 65:1. Isaiah is speaking about the Gentiles. They were not waiting for Christ, God's Messiah, to come. They did not know anything about him. But because God is kind, he sent his good news to them.

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.”[a](A)

19 Again I ask: Did Israel not understand? First, Moses says,

“I will make you envious(B) by those who are not a nation;
    I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.”[b](C)

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.”[c](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:18 Psalm 19:4
  2. Romans 10:19 Deut. 32:21
  3. Romans 10:20 Isaiah 65:1