Psalms 80:13
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?
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;
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.
- KJV
- The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
- WEB
- The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
- ASV
- The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
- DARBY
- The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.
- BLB
- The boar from the forest tears at her, and the wild beast of the field feeds on her.
- ÅB
- Svinet fra skogen gnager på det, og hva som rører seg på marken, spiser av det.
- OTB
- Et villsvin fra skogen herjer den,
Og alt som beveger seg på marken spiser av den. - B1930
- Svinet fra skogen gnager på det, og hvad som rører sig på marken, eter av det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 4:7
The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:6
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Read in contextJeremiah 52:7
Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
Read in context2 Kings 24:1–20
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
Read in context2 Kings 18:1–19
Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
Read in contextJeremiah 52:12–14
Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
Read in contextJeremiah 51:34
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:1–23
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
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