8. When you brought us out of Egypt, we were like your special vine. You forced other nations to leave this land, and you planted that vine here.
9. You prepared the ground for it, and it sent its roots down deep and spread throughout the land.
10. It covered the mountains, and its leaves shaded even the giant cedar trees.
11. Its branches spread to the Mediterranean Sea, its shoots to the Euphrates River.
12. God, why did you pull down the walls that protect your vine? Now everyone who passes by picks its grapes.
13. Wild pigs come and ruin it. Wild animals eat the leaves.
14. God All-Powerful, come back. Look down from heaven at your vine and protect it.
15. Look at the vine you planted with your own hands. Look at the young plant you raised.