Romans 11:9
David says, “Let their table be made a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a retribution to them.
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10Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Always keep their backs bent.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;
1 Samuel 25:36Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.
Job 20:20“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.
Psalms 69:22Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
Isaiah 8:13The LORD of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
Isaiah 66:9Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to be delivered?” says the LORD. “Shall I who cause to give birth shut the womb?” says 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 →