Psalms 80:12
Why have you torn down her fences, and left her to be plucked at by all who pass by,
Open English Bible (US)
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
11She sent forth her shoots to the sea, and her branches as far as the River.
13to be gnawed by the boar from the forest, and devoured by the beasts of the field?
Cross References
Psalms 89:40You have broken down all his walls, and laid his bulwarks in ruins.
Luke 20:16He will come and put those tenants to death, and will let the vineyard to others.” “Heaven forbid!” they exclaimed when they heard it.
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 →