Psa 80:8-16, Isa 5:1-7, Luk 20:9-16 | TSK | STEP | a vine. thou hast cast. This most elegant allegory, which is every where well supported, is frequently employed by sacred writers: see the Parallel Passages.

Psalms 80:8-16

a vine.

Isa 5:1-7; 27:2,3; Jer 2:21; Eze 15:6; 17:6; 19:10; Mt 21:33-41

thou hast cast.

44:2; 78:55; Jer 18:9,10This most elegant allegory, which is every where well supported, is frequently employed by sacred writers: see the Parallel Passages.

preparedst.

105:44; Ex 23:28-30; Jos 23:13-15; 24:12; Ne 9:22-25

to take.

Isa 27:6; 37:31; Jer 12:2

and it.

1Ki 4:20,25; 1Ch 21:5; 27:23,24

goodly cedars. Heb. cedars of God.

104:16

72:8; Ge 15:18; Ex 23:31; 1Ki 4:21,24; 1Ch 18:3

broken.

89:40,41; Isa 5:5; 18:5,6; Na 2:2; Lu 20:16

The boar.This wild boar, {chazir,} is the parent stock of our domestic hog. He is much smaller, but stronger, and more undaunted, colour, an iron grey inclining to black; snout, longer than that of the common breed: ears comparatively short; tusks, very formidable; and habits, fierce and savage. He is particularly destructive to corn-fields and vineyards.

2Ki 18:1-19:37; 24:1-25:30; 2Ch 32:1-33; 36:1-23; Jer 4:7; 39:1-3

Jer 51:34; 52:7,12-14

Return.

7:7; 90:13; Isa 63:15,17; Joe 2:14; Mal 3:7; Ac 15:16

look down.

33:13; Isa 63:15; La 3:50; Da 9:16-19

vineyard.

8; Isa 5:1,2; Jer 2:21; Mr 12:1; Joh 15:1

the branch.Or, "the Son," {ben,} or as 18 MSS., LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic read, {ben adam,} "Son of man;" which the Targumist renders {makla mesheecha,} "the King Messiah."

89:21; Isa 11:1; 49:5; Jer 23:5,6; Eze 17:22-24; Zec 3:8; 6:12

burned.

79:5; Isa 27:11; Eze 20:47,48; Joh 15:6

perish.

39:11; 76:6,7; 90:7; 2Th 1:9

Isaiah 5:1-7

1 Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment.

8 His judgments upon covetousness;

11 upon lasciviousness;

13 upon impiety;

20 and upon injustice.

26 The executioners of God's judgments.

Now.

De 31:19-22; Jud 5:1-31; Ps 45:1; 101:1

well-beloved.

So 2:16; 5:2,16; 6:3

touching.

27:2,3; Ps 80:8; So 8:11,12; Jer 2:21; Mt 21:33; Mr 12:1; Lu 20:9

Joh 15:1

a very fruitful hill. Heb. the horn of the son of oil.

fenced it. or, made a wall about it.

Ex 33:16; Nu 23:9; De 32:8,9; Ps 44:1-3; Ro 9:4

planted.

Jer 2:21

the choicest vine.{Sorek,} in Arabic, {sharik,} certainly denotes an excellent vine; but some with Bp. Lowth, retain it as a proper name. Sorek was a valley lying between Askelon and Gaza, so called from the excellence of its vines.

Jud 16:4

and built.

1:8; Mic 4:8

made. Heb. hewed. a winepress.

63:2,3; Ne 13:15; Re 14:18-20

he looked.

7; 1:2-4,21-23; De 32:6; Mt 21:34; Mr 11:13; 12:2; Lu 13:7; 20:10-18

1Co 9:7

wild grapes.

De 32:32,33; Ho 10:1

judge.

Ps 50:4-6; 51:4; Jer 2:4,5; Mic 6:2,3; Mt 21:40,41; Mr 12:9-12

Lu 20:15,16; Ro 2:5; 3:4

1:5; 2Ch 36:14-16; Jer 2:30,31; 6:29,30; Eze 24:13; Mt 23:37

Ac 7:51-60

go to.

Ge 11:4,7

I will take.

27:10,11; Le 26:31-35; De 28:49-52; 2Ch 36:4-10; Ne 2:3

Ps 74:1-10; 80:12-16; La 1:2-9; 4:12

trodden down. Heb. for a treading.

10:6; 25:10; 28:3,18; La 1:15; Da 8:13; Lu 21:24; Re 11:2

I will lay.

9,10; 6:11,12; 24:1-3,12; 32:13,14; Le 26:33-35; De 29:23

2Ch 36:19-21; Jer 25:11; 45:4; Lu 21:24

it shall.

7:23-25; Ho 3:4

also.

30:23; De 28:23,24; Am 4:7; Zec 14:16,17; Heb 6:6-8; Re 11:6

the vineyard.

Ps 80:8-11,15; Jer 12:10

his pleasant plant. Heb. plant of his pleasures.

62:5; Ps 147:11; 149:4; So 7:6; Zep 3:17

he looked.

2; 58:6-8; Ex 22:22-27; Mic 6:8; Zec 7:9-14; Mt 3:8-10; 23:23

Joh 15:2; 1Co 6:8-11; 1Jo 3:7,8

but.The paronomasia, or play of words, is very remarkable here: he looked for {mishpat,} "judgment," but behold {mispach,} "oppression;" for {tzedakah,} "justice," but behold {tzëdkah,} "a cry."

oppression. Heb. a scab.

1:6; 3:17

a cry.

Ge 4:10; Ex 2:23,24; 3:7; 22:21-24,27; De 15:9; Ne 5:1-5

Job 31:38,39; 34:28; Pr 21:13; Lu 18:7; Jas 5:4