Romans 11:10

Romans 11:10

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!

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Let their eyes be darkened (skotisqhtwsan oi ofqalmoi autwn). First aorist passive imperative of skotizw, to darken. A terrible imprecation.

That they may not see (tou mh blepein). Repeated from verse Romans 11:8.

Bow down (sunkamyon). First aorist active imperative of sunkamptw, old verb, to bend together as of captives whose backs (nwton, another old word, only here in N.T.) were bent under burdens. Only here in N.T.

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