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7 What then? aIsrael has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were bblinded.  
8 Just as it is written:
a“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
bEyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”  
9 And David says:
a“Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them. 
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.”

Israel’s Rejection Not Final

11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But athrough their fall, to provoke them to bjealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles.  
12 Now if their1 fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!  
13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as aI am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,  
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Romans 11:9

David says (Daueid legei). From Psalms 69:23 f; (Psalms 68:23 f LXX); Psalms 34:8; Psalms 28:4 (combined quotation).

Table (trapeza). For what is on the table, "a feast."

A snare (eiv pagida). From phgnumi, to make fast, old word for snares for birds and beasts. See on Luke 21:35. Eiv in predicate with ginomai is a translation-Hebraism.

A trap (eiv qhran). Old word for hunting of wild beasts, then a trap. Only here in N.T.

A stumbling-block (eiv skandalon). A third word for trap, snare, trap-stick or trigger over which they fall. See on I Corinthians 1:23; Romans 9:33.

A recompense (eiv antapodoma). Late word from double compound verb antapodidwmi, to repay (both anti and apo). Ancient Greeks used antapodosiv. In LXX and Didache. In N.T. only here (bad sense) and Luke 14:12 (good sense).




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Romans 11:9:

Luke 11:54
Luke 19:23
Romans 11:11
Colossians 3:24
1 Timothy 3:7
2 Timothy 2:26

 

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