Psalms 80:13

"Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?"

Key Reflection

This verse metaphorically describes the destruction of a protective barrier, leaving the community vulnerable to harm. The breaking down of walls symbolizes the collapse of spiritual defenses, allowing external threats to easily penetrate and cause damage.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The boar out of the wood -Men come in and ravage the land, whose character may be compared with the wild boar. The word rendered boar means simply swine. The addition of the phrase “out of the wood” determines its meaning here, and shows that the reference is to wild or untamed swine; swine that roam the woods - an animal always extremely fierce and savage. Doth waste it -The word used here occurs nowhere else. It means to cut down or cut off; to devour; to lay waste. And the wild beast of the field -Of the unenclosed field; or, that roams at large - such as lions, panthers, tigers, wolves. The word here used -זיזzı̂yz- occurs besides only inPsalms 50:11; andIsaiah 66:11.

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