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Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 5:2

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Isaiah5:2

2 And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof , and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it; and also made a wine-press therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

That neither Men nor Beasts might spoil it.

Which otherwise would have marred the Land; of which see 2 Kings 3. 19. The sence is, He removed all Hinderances, and gave them all the Means of Fruitfulness.

For the Residence of the Keepers, that they might be obliged and encouraged to watch over it with more diligence.

Marginal references: Or, made a wall about it.; Heb. hewed.

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