For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
For as ye in times past have not believed (or, 'obeyed') God - that is, yielded not to God "the obedience of faith," while strangers to Christ,
Yet have now obtained mercy through (by occasion of) their unbelief (see the notes at Romans 11:11; Romans 11:15; Romans 11:28);