Psalms 80:12
(80-13) Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
11(80-12) She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.
13(80-14) The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it.
Cross References
Psalms 89:40(89-41) Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
Isaiah 18:5For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off.
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 →