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Hedges

Antiquity of - 1Ch 4:23

Designed for protection - Isa 5:2

Often made of thorns - Mic 7:4

PLACED AROUND

• Gardens
- So 4:12; La 2:6
• Vineyards
- Mt 21:33; Mr 12:1

Difficulty of breaking through - Pr 15:19

Danger of breaking through - Ec 10:8

Desolation caused by removing - Ps 80:12,13

Filled with grasshoppers - Na 3:17

Poor travellers sought rest under - Lu 14:23

Afforded protection in danger - Jer 49:3

Making up gaps in, alluded to - Eze 13:5; 22:30

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of God's protection
- Job 1:10
• Of numerous afflictions
- Job 3:23; 19:8
• Of heavy judgments
- La 3:7; Ho 2:6
• Of holy ordinances
- Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33
• Of the way of the slothful
- Pr 15:19
• (Broken down,) of the taking away of protection
- Ps 80:12; Isa 5:5
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