New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Hedges

• Antiquity of 1 Chr. 4:23
• Designed for protection Isa. 5:2
• Often made of thorns Mic. 7:4
• Placed around
  • Gardens Song 4:12; Lam. 2:6
  • Vineyards Mt. 21:33; Mk. 12:1
• Difficulty of breaking through Pr. 15:19
• Danger of breaking through Eccl. 10:8
• Desolation caused by removing Ps. 80:12, 13
• Filled with grasshoppers Nah. 3:17
• Poor travellers sought rest under Lk. 14:23
• Afforded protection in danger Jer. 49:3
• Making up gaps in, alluded to Ezek. 13:5, 22:30
• Illustrative
  • Of God's protection Job 1:10
  • Of numerous afflictions Job 3:23, 19:8
  • Of heavy judgments Lam. 3:7; Hos. 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