Psalms 80:12
(80:13) Wherefore hast thou now broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way pluck the fruit from it?
Leeser Tanakh
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) It sent out its tendrils as far as the sea, and unto the river its suckers.
13(80:14) The boar out of the forest doth gnaw at it, and what moveth on the field feedeth on it.
Cross References
Psalms 89:40(89:41) Thou hast broken down all his fences: thou hast brought his strong-holds to terror.
Isaiah 18:5For before the harvest, when the blossom is past, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, will he both cut off the tendrils with pruning-knives, and the sprigs will he remove and cut down.
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 →