Romans 11:9
And David says, Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10Let their eyes be darkened, not to see, and may thou bow down their back always.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the increase of the field, and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,
1 Samuel 25:36And Abigail came to Nabal, and, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
Job 20:20Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save any of that in which he delights.
Psalms 69:22Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them (LXX/NT).
Isaiah 8:13LORD of hosts, him ye shall sanctify, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
Isaiah 66:9Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? says LORD. Shall I who cause to bring forth shut [the womb]? says thy God.
Matthew Henry on Romans 11:2-33
The State of the Jews; The State of the Gentiles; The Gentiles Warned; The Future Conversion of the Jews. ( a. d. 58.) 1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my… Read the whole commentary →