Psalms 80:12
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
King James Version
In Context
11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Cross References
Psalms 89:40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
Isaiah 18:5For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruninghooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
Luke 20:16He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, 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 →