The gender of the word shews that itrefers to the vine. Cut down, as fit for nothing but fuel. Cp. Isaiah 33:12; Ezekiel 15:4.

they perish&c. The figure is dropped. The Israelites perish, for God has not merely hidden His face, but turned it upon them in anger.

It has been conjectured that there has been some displacement of the text, and various rearrangements have been proposed. Thus Cheyne would read the verses in this order: 11, 14, 15, 12, 13, 16. Let them perishwill then refer to Israel's enemies. Then too there may have been some confusion between 15 band 17 b.

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