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God's Meticulous Care
Commentators unanimously highlight the extraordinary care God invested in His vineyard. He fenced it (with His law), cleared the stones (removed idolatry and enemies), planted the 'choicest vine,' built a watchtower (the temple), and installed a winepress (the altar). This wasn't a casual effort; God provided every possible advantage for His people to flourish.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 5:2
18th Century
Theologian
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
On Isaiah 5:2
19th Century
Bishop
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
On Isaiah 5:2
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 5:2
16th Century
Theologian
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
On Isaiah 5:2
17th Century
Pastor
And he fenced it
With good and wholesome laws, which distinguished them, and kept them separate from other nations; …
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 5:1–7
17th Century
Minister
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. …