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Psalms 80:12
12Why have you knocked down the walls that protected us? Now, anyone who passes can rob our fruit.
Psalms 80:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
- New International Version (NIV)Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Why have You broken down her hedges, So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
Context of Psalms 80:12
10Our branches gave shade to the mountains, and to the big cedar trees. 11Our branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and as far as the Euphrates River. Why have you knocked down the walls that protected us? Now, anyone who passes can rob our fruit. 13Wild pigs from the forest attack your vine. Other wild animals eat all the fruit. 14Come back to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see what is happening! Take care of your special vine.
Read all of Psalms 80Psalms 80:12 word by word
לָ֭מָּה פָּרַ֣צְתָּ גְדֵרֶ֑יהָ וְ֝אָר֗וּהָ כָּל־עֹ֥בְרֵי דָֽרֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 80:12
- Psalms 89:40You have knocked down all the walls of his city. You have destroyed all his strong places.
- Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will break down its walls, so that it becomes an open field. Then wild animals will go in and they will destroy the vines.
- Isaiah 18:5Then, when the grapes on the vines are nearly ready for harvest, the Lord will cut them off! He will use his knife to cut off the branches.
- Nahum 2:2Your soldiers have destroyed the great nations of Israel and Jacob. They have destroyed their fields and their vineyards. But, the Lord will make Israel and Jacob great again.
- Luke 20:16I tell you, he will come to those farmers and he will kill them. Then he will give the garden to other people to take care of it.’ When the people heard this, they replied, ‘That must never happen!’
Commentaries on Psalms 80:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Why hast thou broken down - 7. When a vineyard is planted, it is properly fenced to preserve it from being trodden down, or otherwise injured by beasts, and to protect the fruit from being taken by the unprincipled passenger. So God protected Jerusalem and his temple by his own almighty arm; and none of their enemies could molest them as long as they had that protection. As it was now spoiled, it was a proof that that protection had been withdrawn…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges? - Why hast thou dealt with thy people as one would with a vineyard who should break down all its enclosures, and leave it open to wild beasts? The word rendered hedges means wall or enclosure. Compare the notes at Isaiah 5:2. So that all they which pass by the way - All travelers; or, wild beasts. So that there is nothing to prevent their coming up to the vine and plucking the grapes. Do pluck her - Pluck, or…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 The church is represented as a vine and a vineyard. The root of this vine is Christ, the branches are believers. The church is like a vine, needing support, but spreading and fruitful. If a vine do not bring forth fruit, no tree is so worthless. And are not we planted as in a well-cultivated garden, with every means of being fruitful in works of righteousness? But the useless leaves of profession, and the empty boughs of notions and forms…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12broken down its walls: God no longer defended Israel (Isaiah 5:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. hedges--(Is 5:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 80
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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