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In verse seven Paul talks about the elect and the others. “The others were hardened” was God’s punishment for their sin. It was a confirmation of their own stubbornness. In judging them, God removed their ability to see and hear and to repent. But because God is always and everywhere present, his answer to that prayer might be to agree and make that person less sensitive, more hardened to him. The very possibility of that happening ought to keep us asking God specifically for ears that really hear and eyes that really see- responsiveness to our loving Father.

Romans 11:7
7 What then? What the people of Israel sought so earnestly they did not obtain. The elect among them did, but the others were hardened,