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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comTreasury Of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 5:2 - 5:2
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fenced it: or, made a wall about it, Exo 33:16; Num 23:9; Deu 32:8-9; Psa 44:1-3; Rom 9:4
planted: Jer 2:21
the choicest vine: Sorek in Arabic, sharik certainly denotes an excellent vine; but some with Bp. Lowth, retain it as a proper name. Sorek was a valley lying between Askelon and Gaza, so called from the excellence of its vines. Jdg 16:4
and built: Isa 1:8; Mic 4:8
made: Heb. hewed
a winepress: Isa 63:2-3; Neh 13:15; Rev 14:18-20
he looked: Isa 5:7, Isa 1:2-4, Isa 1:21-23; Deu 32:6; Mat 21:34; Mar 11:13, Mar 12:2; Luk 13:7, Luk 20:10-18; 1Co 9:7
wild grapes: Deu 32:32-33; Hos 10:1