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Psalm 80:11

It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River.

9You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
10The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.
11It sent out its branches to the sea, its shoots to the River.
12Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?
13The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
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Branches reaching the sea and River recall Israel’s former expanse, making the broken walls in the next verse harder to take in.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 72:8He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.Both passages name the sea and the River as markers of extent, describing the vine’s spread and a ruler’s dominion.
Psalm 89:25I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.Both use the sea and river waters to describe far-reaching extent, through the vine’s shoots and a ruler’s hand.
Job 8:16He is green before the sun. His shoots go out along his garden.Both describe shoots spreading outward, using plant growth as a picture of flourishing.
1 Kings 4:24For he had dominion over all on this side of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on all sides …Both name the River when describing extent: the vine’s reach in the psalm and the territory under Solomon’s rule.
Exodus 23:31I will set your border from the Red Sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the …Sea and River mark the vine’s reach in the psalm and the borders God promises Israel in Exodus.
1 Chronicles 18:3David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, toward Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.The vine reaches the River, while David’s campaign concerns dominion by the Euphrates; both passages describe Israel’s geographical reach.
1 Kings 4:21Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the …The River marks the extent of the vine’s growth and one boundary of the kingdoms under Solomon’s rule.
Genesis 15:18In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river …The River marks the vine’s reach and a boundary of the land God covenants to give Abram’s offspring.
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One step

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Encouragement

God had cleared the ground for this spreading vine. The damage described next does not erase that care, even as the psalm asks why protection has gone.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).