Psalms 80:12

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.

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 it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Why have You broken down its walls, so that all who pass by pick its fruit?
KJV
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
WEB
Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
ASV
Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?
DARBY
Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
BLB
Why have You broken down her walls, and all passing by the way pluck her fruit?
ÅB
Hvorfor har du revet ned dets hegn, så alle de som går forbi på veien, plukker av det?
OTB
Hvorfor har du brutt ned dens murer,
Slik at alle som går forbi plukker dens frukt?
B1930
Hvorfor har du revet ned dets hegn, så alle de som går forbi på veien, plukker av det?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 5:5

    And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

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  • Luke 20:16

    He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

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  • Psalms 89:40–41

    Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.

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  • Isaiah 18:5–6

    For 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 pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

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  • Nahum 2:2

    For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

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