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Psalm 80:15
the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
13The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it.
14Turn again, we beg you, God of Armies. Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
15the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
16It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
17Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
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The words “for yourself” make the ruined vine’s plight more painful: the people asking for help belong to the God who planted them.
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John 15:1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.Both passages use vine imagery and describe God’s tending role: the psalm names his planting, and Jesus names his Father as farmer.
Zechariah 3:8Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign; for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the …Both use branch language connected with God’s action, though Zechariah names a coming servant and the psalm pleads for a damaged planting.
Zechariah 6:12and speak to him, saying, ‘The LORD of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch! He will grow up out of his place; and he will build the LORD’s …Branch language links the passages, though Zechariah describes a man who will build the temple and the psalm recalls strength God gave.
Psalm 80:8You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.The earlier verse identifies the vine as the people brought from Egypt, grounding the later appeal in God’s own planting.
Jeremiah 2:21Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?Both recall God planting a vine, then confront its troubled state: devastation in the psalm and degeneration in Jeremiah.
Isaiah 11:1A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.Both use stock and branch imagery, though Isaiah names Jesse and future fruit while the psalm recalls God’s planting and strengthening.
Jeremiah 23:5–6“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch; and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and …Both connect a branch with God’s action; Jeremiah specifies a righteous king from David’s line, while the psalm speaks of God-given strength.
Mark 12:1He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a …The shared image is a deliberate planting: God plants the stock in the psalm, and a man plants a vineyard in Jesus’ parable.
Psalm 80:17Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.Both mention God’s right hand and repeat “made strong for yourself,” linking the branch with the prayer for the son of man.
Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression, for …Both portray God’s people as his planting amid distress; Isaiah names Israel and Judah and exposes oppression where God sought justice.
Ezekiel 19:11It had strong branches for the scepters of those who ruled. Their stature was exalted among the thick boughs. They were seen in their height with the multitude …Both describe strong branches, with Ezekiel connecting that strength to rulers’ scepters and the psalm attributing strength to God.
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The surrounding destruction remains unresolved in this plea. Yet the appeal has a firm ground: God planted this people, and the strength he gave them was for himself.
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