11. [Israel] sent out its boughs to the [Mediterranean] Sea and its branches to the [Euphrates] River. [I Kings 4:21.]
12. Why have You broken down its hedges and walls so that all who pass by pluck from its fruit?
13. The boar out of the wood wastes it and the wild beast of the field feeds on it.
14. Turn again, we beseech You, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven and see, visit, and have regard for this vine!
15. [Protect and maintain] the stock which Your right hand planted, and the branch (the son) that You have reared and made strong for Yourself.
16. They have burned it with fire, it is cut down; may they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.