Isaiah 27:3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 1. There is the arch enemy; how he longs to lay the axe at the roots of God's vines! 2. There is a wild boar of the woods, that would fain tear us up by the roots; I mean, that wild boar of unbelief that is constantly prowling around us. How does it seek with its sharp tusks to bark our vines and fig trees! 3. Then, the vine is often subject to injury from various kinds of insects. We have the fly of pride. 4. Then, the vine is subject to the attacks of the little foxes that Solomon speaks of, — I mean, false doctrine and sceptical teaching. 5. Besides, when we have a few grapes that are beginning to ripen there are the birds that come and try to pick the fruit, — those dark-winged thoughts of worldliness and selfishness which come to us all. ( C. H. Spurgeon) Parallel Verses KJV: I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. |
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