Thematic Bible: Hedges
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Hedges » Placed around » Gardens
The Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.
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(Vav) He destroyed his temple as if it were a vineyard; he destroyed his appointed meeting place. The Lord has made those in Zion forget both the festivals and the Sabbaths. In his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of heavy judgments
(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.
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Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.
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Hedges » Making up gaps in, alluded to
"I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.
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You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of holy ordinances, &c
"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
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He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.
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Hedges » Placed around » Vineyards
"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
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Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.
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Hedges » Illustrative » (broken down,) of the taking away of protection
Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.
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Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of numerous afflictions
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?
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He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
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Hedges » Danger of breaking through
One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
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Hedges » Antiquity of
They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there and worked for the king.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of the way of the slothful
The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
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Hedges » Difficulty of breaking through
The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.
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Hedges » Desolation caused by removing
Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit? The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it.
Hedges » Afforded protection in danger
Wail, you people in Heshbon, because Ai in Ammon is destroyed. Cry out in anguish, you people in the villages surrounding Rabbah. Put on sackcloth and cry out in mourning. Run about covered with gashes. For your god Milcom will go into exile along with his priests and officials.
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Hedges » Poor travellers sought rest under
So the master said to his slave, 'Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.
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Hedges » Filled with grasshoppers
Your courtiers are like locusts, your officials are like a swarm of locusts! They encamp in the walls on a cold day, yet when the sun rises, they fly away; and no one knows where they are.
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Hedges » Designed for protection
He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.
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Hedges » Often made of thorns
The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes. The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen -- your appointed time of punishment -- is on the way, and then you will experience confusion.
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Hedges » Illustrative » Of God's protection
Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
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Serpents » Infest » Hedges
One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
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