Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
The verse pronounces judgment upon those who reject God. In that judgment what should have nourished and benefited them is turned into a snare and a trap before them. Their understanding is darkened under the same judgment. For Israel this stumbling is not an irrevocable fall, for it opens the way for salvation to come to the Gentiles and is meant to provoke Israel to seek God. Those who abandon unbelief may be restored.
The verse pronounces judgment upon those who reject God. In that judgment what should have nourished and benefited them is turned into a snare and a trap before them. Their understanding is darkened under the same judgment. For Israel this stumbling is not an irrevocable fall, for it opens the way for salvation to come to the Gentiles and is meant to provoke Israel to seek God. Those who abandon unbelief may be restored.