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Psalm 80:16
It’s burned with fire. It’s cut down. They perish at your rebuke.
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.
18So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
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The vine God planted is burned and cut down, and the final words confront the reader with the terror of perishing at his rebuke.
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1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”Both passages speak of God's opposition to people; Peter names evildoers, while the psalm describes people perishing at God's rebuke.
Psalm 39:11When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, you consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.Both name God's rebuke and its consuming effect, using a burned vine and moth-eaten wealth to describe human frailty.
John 15:6Both describe burning plant life; John names the branch that does not remain in Jesus, while the psalm laments the vine's destruction.
Psalm 9:3When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish in your presence.Both describe people perishing before God, with Psalm 9 naming enemies and Psalm 80 naming God's rebuke.
Psalm 76:6At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.God's rebuke brings devastation in both passages: people perish in Psalm 80, and chariot and horse fall into deathlike sleep in Psalm 76.
Job 22:4Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?Eliphaz questions the cause of God's reproof; the psalm describes people perishing at God's rebuke.
Psalm 68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.Both connect fire imagery with people perishing before God; Psalm 68 asks for the wicked's destruction, while Psalm 80 describes devastation.
2 Thessalonians 1:9who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,Both speak of destruction before God; Thessalonians specifies an eternal penalty, while the psalm describes the ruined vine.
Jeremiah 11:16The LORD called your name, “A green olive tree, beautiful with goodly fruit.” With the noise of a great roar he has kindled fire on it, and its branches are …Both describe a plant associated with God being burned, with cutting or broken branches marking its devastation.
Ezekiel 15:4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work?Both describe plant material burned by fire; Ezekiel asks about the charred wood's usefulness, while the psalm reports the vine's destruction.
Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who …Both describe vegetation cut or broken and burned, connecting that destruction with God's judgment upon people.
Ezekiel 20:47–48Tell the forest of the south, ‘Hear the LORD’s word: The Lord GOD says, “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree in you, and …Both describe destructive fire in connection with God's action; Ezekiel names a forest, while the psalm describes a vine.
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The burned vine belongs to the God who planted it. The surrounding prayer asks that same God to see its ruin and revive his people.
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