Romans 9:33
as it is written:
What it says
Paul ends by citing scripture: God has placed in Zion a stone that trips those who refuse faith, and refuge for those who trust him.
What it is doing
This verse closes the chapter with the scripture that predicted both the stumble and the shelter.
In context
30What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; 31but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. 32Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, 33as it is written: