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Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Let their table become a snare before them — These verses are quoted by Paul (Romans 11:9–10) as descriptive of the character …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Let their table. —The form of this imprecation is, of course, suggested by the figurative language immediately preceding. Life had…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Let their table before them be for a snare. Here we have a series of dire imprecations. Concerning these, we must remember what we have ob…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Let their table become a snare before them
This and the following imprecations were not the effects of a spirit of pr…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

These are prophecies of the destruction of Christ's persecutors. Verses 22 and 23 are applied to the judgments of God upon the unbelieving Jews, in…

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