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Let their eyes be darkened, so that they can`t see. Make their loins continually to shake.
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A Prophetic Curse
Commentators unanimously see this verse as a prophecy fulfilled in the New Testament. The Apostle Paul quotes it in Romans 11 to describe the spiritual blindness of those who rejected Jesus. As Matthew Henry notes, their sin was choosing not to see the light, so their punishment was being unable to see, a concept known as judicial blindness.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let their table become a snare before them — These verses are quoted by Paul (Romans 11:9–10) as descriptive of the character …
19th Century
Anglican
Their eyes. —The darkened eyes and trembling limbs (Daniel 5:6) are expressive of terror and dismay.
16th Century
Protestant
Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. The Psalmist here refers chiefly to two powers of the body, those of the eyes …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not Not literally, the eyes of their bodies; but figuratively, the eyes of…
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…
