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Psalms 80:12
12Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
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?
- 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?
- New Living Translation (NLT)But now, why have you broken down our walls so that all who pass by may steal our fruit?
Context of Psalms 80:12
10The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. 11Its branches reached as far as the Sea, its shoots as far as the River. Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its grapes? 13Boars from the forest ravage it, and insects from the fields feed on it. 14Return to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see! Watch over this vine,
Read all of Psalms 80Psalms 80:12 word by word
לָ֭מָּה פָּרַ֣צְתָּ גְדֵרֶ֑יהָ וְ֝אָר֗וּהָ כָּל־עֹ֥בְרֵי דָֽרֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 80:12
- Psalms 89:40You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins.
- Isaiah 5:5Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled.
- Isaiah 18:5For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the shoots with pruning knives, and cut down and take away the spreading branches.
- Nahum 2:2The Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and have ruined their vines.
- Luke 20:16He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When the people heard this, they said, “God forbid!”
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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