Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. The foundation of this image is laid in Genesis 49:22, where "Joseph," who, is before the Psalmist's mind (Psalms 80:1), is said to be "a fruitful bough by a well, whose branches run over the wall" Isaiah 5:1-7 represents Israel as the vineyard of the Lord (cf. Hosea 14:7). The plea is, What thou hast once planted, thou cause not forsake, much less destroy. Compare God's promise (Isaiah 27:2-3). In Exodus 12:37; Exodus 15:17; Exodus 15:22, is described the bringing of the vine out of Egypt (Psalms 78:52), and the casting out of the pagan (Psalms 78:55). Psalms 44:2 contains the same image of planting (Exodus 23:28; Exodus 33:2).