Psalms 80:12
Why hast thou broken down her fences, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
Revised Version 1895
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 out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.
13The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
Cross References
Psalms 89:40Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to rain.
Isaiah 18:5For afore the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the flower becometh a ripening grape, he shall cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the spreading branches shall he take away and cut down.
Luke 20:16He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto 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 →