Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
stumbling-blocks—instruments of the Jews' ruin (compare Matthew 21:44; Isaiah 8:14; I Peter 2:8). God Himself ("I") lays them before the reprobate (Psalms 69:22; Romans 1:28; Romans 11:9).
fathers . . . sons . . . neighbour . . . friend—indiscriminate ruin.
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