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Isaiah 27:2

The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 27:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Sing ye unto her. Our translators have, strangely enough, inverted the order of the two clauses, which stand thus in the Hebrew: "A vineyard of red wine; sing ye unto it, "or "sing ye of it." The "vineyard of red wine" is one that produces abundance of rich fruit.

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