John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 109:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Let the extortioner catch all that he hath, etc.] Or, “lay a snare for all” f1558; as the Romans did, by bringing in their army, invading the land of Judea, and besieging the city of Jerusalem; who are “the extortioner or exacter that demanded tribute of them”; which they refused to pay, and therefore they seized on all they had for it. The Syriac and Arabic versions render it, “the creditor”; who sometimes for a debt would take wife and children, and all that a man had; (see <120401>2 Kings 4:1,2 <401825>Matthew 18:25). It might be literally true of Judas; who dying in debt, his wife and children, and all he had, might be laid hold on for payment. And let the stranger spoil his labour; plunder his house of all his goods and substance he had been labouring for: which was true of the Romans, who were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel; who came into the land, and spoiled their houses, fields, and vineyards, they had been labouring in; they took away their place and nation, and all they had, (<431148>John 11:48).

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