Romans 11:9

David adds, “May their feasts become a trap for them, a net that catches them, a temptation that brings punishment.

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

In Context

8As Scripture says, “God dulled their minds so their eyes could not see and their ears could not hear, to this very day.”

10May their eyes become blind so they cannot see, and may their backs always be bent low in dejection.”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:13The Lord gave you the high country to rule, and fed you with the crops of the field to eat. He sustained you with honey from the rock and olive oil from the flinty crag,

1 Samuel 25:36When Abigail got back home to Nabal, he was in the house, partying like a king. He was feeling very merry, and he was very drunk. So she didn't tell him anything until the morning.

Job 20:20Because their greed was never satisfied, nothing they liked is left that they didn't consume.

Psalms 69:22May the table set before them become a trap for them, a net that catches them, bringing punishment.

Isaiah 8:13The Lord Almighty is the one you should see as holy. He is the one you should fear, he is the one you should be in awe of.

Isaiah 66:9Would I bring a baby to the point of birth and then not deliver it? the Lord asks. Would I who deliver the baby stop it from being born? the Lord asks again.

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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