Romans 11:9

And David says: “Let their table become like a snare, and a deception, and a scandal, and a retribution for them.

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In The King James Version

And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:

In Context

8just as it was written: “God has given them a spirit of reluctance: eyes that do not perceive, and ears that do not hear, even until this very day.”

10Let their eyes be obscured, so that they may not see, and so that they may bow down their backs always.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:13He stood him upon an exalted land, so that he might eat the fruits of the fields, so that he might eat honey from the rock, and oil from the hardest stone,

1 Samuel 25:36Then Abigail went to Nabal. And behold, he was holding a feast for himself in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal was cheerful. For he was greatly inebriated. And she did not reveal a word to him, small or great, until morning.

Job 20:20And yet his stomach will not be satisfied, and when he has the things he desires, he will not be able to possess them.

Isaiah 8:13Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself. Let him be your dread, and let him be your fear.

Isaiah 66:9Will I, who causes others to give birth, not also give birth myself, says the Lord? Will I, who bestows generation upon others, be barren myself, says the Lord your 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 →

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