Why? Because they went after it not by faith but as though it came by works. They tripped over the stumbling stone,
In context
30What shall we say, then? That Gentiles, who were not chasing after righteousness, laid hold of righteousness—the righteousness that comes from faith; 31while Israel, chasing after a law of righteousness, never arrived at that law. 32Why? Because they went after it not by faith but as though it came by works. They tripped over the stumbling stone, 33as it stands written: “Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that makes people stumble, a rock that trips them up; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
