21. stumbling-blocks--instruments of the Jews' ruin
(compare
Mt 21:44;
Isa 8:14;
1Pe 2:8).
God Himself ("I") lays them before the reprobate
(Ps 69:22;
Ro 1:28; 11:9).
fathers . . . sons . . . neighbour . . . friend--indiscriminate ruin.
JFB.
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