Psalms 80:12
Why have thou broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
In Context
11It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River.
13The boar out of the wood ravages it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
Cross References
Psalms 89:40Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.
Isaiah 18:5For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becomes a ripening grape, he will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and he will take away [and] cut down the spreading branches.
Luke 20:16He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. And having heard it, they said, May it not happen!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:9-19
The Desolated Vine. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13 The boar out of the wood doth waste… Read the whole commentary →