Psalms 80:12
Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?
Young's Literal Translation
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
11It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.
13A boar out of the forest doth waste it, And a wild beast of the fields consumeth it.
Cross References
Psalms 89:40Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
Isaiah 18:5For before harvest, when the flower is perfect, And the blossom is producing unripe fruit, Then hath [one] cut the sprigs with pruning hooks, And the branches he hath turned aside, cut down.
Luke 20:16He will come, and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.' And having heard, they said, 'Let it not be!'
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 →