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Psalms 80:12
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Why have You broken down its hedges,So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
Why hast thou then broken downe her hedge: that all they whiche go by plucke of her grapes?
Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
Why have You broken down her hedges, So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
Why have You broken down its walls, so that it is plucked by all who pass by the way?
God, why did you pull down the walls that protect your vine? Now everyone who passes by picks its grapes.
Why have you broken down its walls, So that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges: so that all they which passe by the way, doe plucke her?
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
Why hast thou then broken downe hir hedge, that all they which go by, plucke of hir grapes?
Why have You broken down its walls and hedges, So that all who pass by pick its fruit?
Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?
Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?
Why have you broken down its walls, So that all those that pass by the way pluck it?
Why hast thou [then] broke down her hedges, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck her?
Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?
Our Lord, why have you torn down the wall from around the vineyard? You let everyone who walks by pick the grapes.
It put out branches as far as the sea and shoots to the [Euphrates] River.
Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges, so that all they, which passe by the way, haue plucked her?
Why hast thou then broken down its hedges, so that all they who pass by the way tread over it?
Why have you broken down its walls, So that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.
Why have You broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
Wherefore hast thou broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it?
Why hast thou broken down her fences, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
Wherefore hast thou broken down its fences, So that all who pass along the way, pluck its fruit?
(79-13) Why hast thou broken down the hedge thereof, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck it?
Why have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass on the road pluck fruit from it?
Why then have you broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
So why did you pull down our walls? Now everyone who passes by steals from us.
Why did you break down the fences around it? Now anyone passing by can steal its grapes;
Why have You broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
Whi hast thou destried the wal therof; and alle men that goen forth bi the weie gaderiden awei the grapis therof?
Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?
Why then hast thou broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
broken: Psalms 89:40, Psalms 89:41, Isaiah 5:5, Isaiah 18:5, Isaiah 18:6, Nahum 2:2, Luke 20:16
Reciprocal: Judges 21:3 - why is Job 1:10 - an hedge Psalms 44:9 - General Psalms 79:1 - the heathen Jeremiah 14:19 - utterly Lamentations 2:6 - he hath violently Ezekiel 19:12 - she was Hosea 2:12 - I will Amos 9:11 - close
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges,.... After having done all this for her; which signifies the Lord's removing his presence, power, and protection, from Israel; which were the hedge he set about them, and by which they were secured and defended from their enemies; but these being gone, they became an easy prey to them; see Job 1:10, the hedge about the church and people of God are the angels that encamp about them; salvation, which is as walls and bulwarks to them; and the Lord himself, who is a wall of fire around them; which may be said to be broken down when he withdraws his presence, and does not exert his power in the protection of them; but suffers them to be exposed to the persecutions of men:
so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? the hedge being broken down, all passengers and travellers plucked the fruit of the vine as they passed along, there being noticing to keep them off from it: this may denote the plunder of the Israelites by their enemies, when left of God, they fell into their hands; and the havoc persecutors make of the church of Christ, and their spoiling them of their goods and substance, when they are permitted to do it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges? - Why hast thou dealt with thy people as one would with a vineyard who should break down all its enclosures, and leave it open to wild beasts? The word rendered hedges means wall or enclosure. Compare the notes at Isaiah 5:2.
So that all they which pass by the way - All travelers; or, wild beasts. So that there is nothing to prevent their coming up to the vine and plucking the grapes.
Do pluck her - Pluck, or pick off the grapes; or, if the phrase “all which pass by the way” denotes wild beasts, then the meaning is, that they eat off the leaves and branches of the vine.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 80:12. Why hast thou broken down — 7. When a vineyard is planted, it is properly fenced to preserve it from being trodden down, or otherwise injured by beasts, and to protect the fruit from being taken by the unprincipled passenger. So God protected Jerusalem and his temple by his own almighty arm; and none of their enemies could molest them as long as they had that protection. As it was now spoiled, it was a proof that that protection had been withdrawn; therefore the psalmist addresses the Lord with, "Why hast thou broken down her hedges?" Had God continued his protection, Jerusalem would not have been destroyed.
