Romans 11:9
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And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
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And David saith-- (Psa 69:23), which in such a Messianic psalm must be meant of the rejecters of Christ. Let their table, &c.--that is, Let their very blessings prove a curse to them, and their enjoyments only sting and take vengeance on them.
Open source ↗The apostle, having reconciled that great truth of the rejection of the Jews with the promise made unto the fathers, is, in this chapter, further labouring to mollify the harshness of it, and to reconcile it to the divine goodness in general. It might be said, "Hath God then cast away his people?" The apostles therefore sets himself, in this chapter, to make a reply to this objection, and that two ways: - I. He shows at large what the mercy is that is mixed with this wrath (v. 1-32). II. He infers thence the infinite wisdom and sovereignty of God, with the adoration of which he concludes this chapter and subject (Rom 11:33-36).
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But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.