Why hast thou then broken down her hedges?—Why have you dealt with your people as one would with a vineyard who should break down a…

Pluck. —For the same image of the broken fence, and the fruit gathered by the passersby, see Psalms 89:40-41.

Notice how a soul, in deep distress, usually gets to God. Under some aspect or other, by some way or another, the heart gropes its way until it fin…

Why then hast thou broken down its hedges? This is the application of the analogy, for nothing seems more inconsistent than that God shoul…

Why hast thou then broken down her hedges
After having done all this for her; which signifies the Lord's removing hi…

The church is represented as a vine and a vineyard. The root of this vine is Christ; the branches are believers. The church is like a vine, needing…