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Psalms 80:16
16The vine has been cut down and burned. Let them be destroyed by the threatening look on your face.
Psalms 80:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
- New International Version (NIV)Your vine is cut down, it is burned with fire; at your rebuke your people perish.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They have burned it with fire; they have cut it down; may they perish at the rebuke of your face!
- New King James Version (NKJV)It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
Context of Psalms 80:16
14O God, commander of armies, come back! Look from heaven and see! Come to help this vine. 15Take care of what your right hand planted, the son you strengthened for yourself. The vine has been cut down and burned. Let them be destroyed by the threatening look on your face. 17Let your power rest on the man you have chosen, the son of man you strengthened for yourself. 18Then we will never turn away from you. Give us life again, and we will call on you.
Read all of Psalms 80Psalms 80:16 word by word
שְׂרֻפָ֣ה בָאֵ֣שׁ כְּסוּחָ֑ה מִגַּעֲרַ֖ת פָּנֶ֣יךָ יֹאבֵֽדוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 80:16
- Psalms 79:5How long, O Lord? Will you remain angry forever? Will your fury continue to burn like fire?
- Isaiah 27:11When the branches are dried up, they will be broken off. Women will come and build a fire with them. These people don’t understand ⌞these things⌟. That is why their maker won’t have compassion on them, and their Creator won’t have pity on them.
- Ezekiel 20:47Tell the forest in the Negev, ‘Listen to the Lord’s word. This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am about to set fire to you to destroy all your green trees and all your dry trees. The blazing fire will not be put out. It will burn the whole land from the south to the north.
- John 15:6Whoever doesn’t live in me is thrown away like a branch and dries up. Branches like this are gathered, thrown into a fire, and burned.
- Psalms 39:11With stern warnings you discipline people for their crimes. Like a moth you eat away at what is dear to them. Certainly, everyone is like a whisper in the wind. Selah
- Psalms 76:6At your stern warning, O God of Jacob, chariot riders and horses were put to sleep.
- Psalms 90:7Indeed, your anger consumes us. Your rage terrifies us.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9They will pay the penalty by being destroyed forever, by being separated from the Lord’s presence and from his glorious power.
Commentaries on Psalms 80:16
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16It is burned with fire - That is, the vineyard. This is a description of the desolations that had come upon the nation, such as would come upon a vineyard if it were consumed by fire. It is cut down - It has been made desolate by fire and by the axe. They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance - At the frown on thy face, as if God has only to look upon people in anger, and they perish. The word they refers to those who were represented by the vine which…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. 16-19The community prays for God to change their desperate situation and restore them. They are still the Lord’s chosen people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. it--the "vine" or they--the "people" are suffering from Thy displeasure.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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