Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts - (cf. Psalms 80:7.) The beginning of the second half is marked by "O God, of hosts;" but the close of the first half has not "Turn us again," etc., because the whole main division is bound together by the continued image of the vine. It is only when God first turns again toward us that we turn toward Him, by virtue of His turning us (cf. Lamentations 5:21).
Look down from heaven - (Isaiah 63:15)