80:11 Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, 1
and its shoots the Euphrates River. 2
80:12 Why did you break down its walls, 3
so that all who pass by pluck its fruit? 4
1 tn Heb “to [the] sea.” The “sea” refers here to the Mediterranean Sea.
2 tn Heb “to [the] river.” The “river” is the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia. Israel expanded both to the west and to the east.
3 sn The protective walls of the metaphorical vineyard are in view here (see Isa 5:5).
4 tn Heb “pluck it.”