Psalms 80:12
It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
11The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.
13Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it?
Cross References
Psalms 89:40Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
Isaiah 18:5For before the harvest it was all flourishing, and it shall bud without perfect ripeness, and the sprigs thereof shall be cut off with pruning hooks: and what is left shall be cut away and shaken out.
Luke 20:16He will come, and will destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. Which they hearing, said to him: God forbid.
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 →