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Now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge of it, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down:
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The Withdrawn Protection
Commentators unanimously explain that the 'hedge' and 'wall' around the vineyard symbolize God's divine protection, presence, and power. In an act of judgment for their unfaithfulness, God declares He will personally remove this protection, leaving His people defenseless and exposed to their enemies, much like a vineyard would be overrun by wild animals without its fences.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Go to - The Hebrew word here is one that is commonly translated, ‘I ask you,’ and is used “to call the attention to” what is said. It is the…
19th Century
Anglican
I will take away the hedge ... —This involved the throwing open of the vineyard to be grazing land which all the wild bul…
Baptist
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the …
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16th Century
Protestant
And now come, I will show you what I will do to my vineyard. Having held the Jews to be condemned, as it were, by their own mouth, he next…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And now, go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard Not by bestowing fresh …
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. …
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13th Century
Catholic
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…
