Romans Chapter 11 Vs. 9

 

The Remnant of Israel

And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: Rom 11:9

Let their table... The 13th Old Testament prophecy fulfilled in Romans (Rom. 11:9-10; Psm. 69:22-23). Next, Rom. 15:3. Their table (i.e., providential blessings) become a snare, a trap, a stumbling block, and a means of punishment.

A person’s “table” was thought to be a place of safety, but the table of the ungodly is a trap. Many people trust in the very things that damn them.

In the 23rd Psalm, we see the opposite of this table.

Psm. 23:5 “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.”

David’s table was a blessing and theirs was a curse. They did not have their heart right with God.

The second quotation (in Rom. 11:9-10) is of Psm. 69:22-23, which predicts that the very things which should have been the source of nourishment and blessing to Israel (table means their blessings from the hand of God, which should have led them to Christ; cf. Gal. 3:24) became the occasion for their rejection of God (a snare and a trap, a stumbling block; cf. Rom. 9:32-33) and God’s judgment (retribution) on them.