Romans 11:9

David, too, says – ‘May their feasts prove a snare and a trap to them – a hindrance and a retribution;

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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

8The rest grew callous; as scripture says – ‘God has given them a deadness of mind – eyes that are not to see and ears that are not to hear – and it is so to this very day.’

10may their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see; and do you always make their backs to bend.’

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Cross References

Psalms 69:22May their table, outspread, be a trap to them, and their peace-offerings be a snare.

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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