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and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

And he fenced it - Margin, ‘Made a wall about it.’ The word used here is thought more likely to mean “to dig about, to grub,” as with a pick…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

And he fenced it.—In the “fence” we may recognise the law and institutions of Israel which kept it as a separate people (…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also ma…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And he fenced it. The Prophet asserts God's incessant care and watchfulness in tending His vine, as if he had said that God neglected noth…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And he fenced it
With good and wholesome laws, which distinguished them, and kept them separate from other nations; …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Christ is God's beloved Son, and our beloved Saviour. The care of the Lord over the church of Israel is described by the management of a vineyard. …

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. I will sing to my beloved. Here the prophet denounces the third sin of the two tribes—their abuse of things—using a metaphor. Th…

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