Hos 4:6, Mat 13:14-15, Rom 11:25, 1Cor 3:19 | ESV | STEP | My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge ; because you have rejected knowledge , I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God , I also will forget your children .

Hosea 4:6

6 My people are destroyed ^afor lack of knowledge;
^bbecause you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you ^cfrom being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
^dI also will forget your children.

Matthew 13:14-15

14 Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:

^e“‘“You will indeed hear but never understand,
and you will indeed see but never perceive.”
15 For this people’s heart has grown dull,
and with their ears ^fthey can barely hear,
and ^gtheir eyes they have closed,
lest they should see with their eyes
and hear with their ears
and ^hunderstand with their heart
and ⁱturn, and I would heal them.’

Romans 11:25

The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation

25 ^jLest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} ^la partial hardening has come upon Israel, ^muntil the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

1 Corinthians 3:19

19 For ⁿthe wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, ^o“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”