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Explanation:
What is "trampling underfoot?"
In the New Testament, to tread or trample underfoot (Greek "pateo" or its derivative "katapateo") has two possible meanings.
First, when used of believers, it shows power over enemies. Hence Luke 10:19: "I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy."
Second, when used of unbelievers, it shows complete lack of understanding. Hence Matthew 7:6: "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."
The reference from Matthew 7:6 seems to be closest in language to the prophecies of the Gentiles trampling Jerusalem under their feet.
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Note added at 52 mins (2005-05-17 04:08:32 GMT)
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Severity.-- N. severity; strictness, harshness &c. adj.; rigor
V. be -severe assume, usurp, arrogate, take liberties; domineer, bully &c. 885 ; tyrannize, inflict, wreak, stretch a point, put on the screw; be hard upon; bear a heavy hand on, lay a heavy hand on; be down upon, come down upon; ill treat; deal hardly with, deal hard measure to; rule with a rod of iron, chastise with scorpions; dye with blood; oppress, override; trample under foot; tread under foot, tread upon, trample upon, tread down upon, trample down upon; crush under an iron heel, ride roughshod over; rivet the yoke; hold a tight hand, keep a tight hand; force down the throat; coerce &c. 744 ; give no quarter &c. (pitiless) 914 a.
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1. To tread under foot; to trample. [1913 Webster]
King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to be pulled down and foiled under foot. --Knoless. [1913 Webster]
Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle, In filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat. [1913 Webster]
And by ? mortal man at length am foiled. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Her long locks that foil the painter\'s power. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44
Reference: http://www.whyprophets.com/prophets/gentile4.htm
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