A Table That Becomes a Trap

The Remnant, the Olive Tree, and Mercy for All · Romans 11

Story guide: Disclosed visual essay. Israel did not obtain what it sought while the elect obtained it and others were hardened. The dim shutters, burden, and tangled table enact the prophetic language of stupor, darkened sight, a snare, and bent backs without stigmatizing disability.

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7What then? Israel did not obtain what it seeks, but the elect obtained it, and the rest were hardened,

8just as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes not to see and ears not to hear, until this very day.”

9And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap and a stumbling block and a retribution to them,”

10Let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and bend their back continually.

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