And he dug it, and gathered out its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Stones. They burn and starve in different seasons, Colossians xii. 3.
Choicest. Hebrew sorek. (Haydock)
There was a famous valley of this name, Judges xvi. 4. The angels guarded the vineyard, in which Abraham, Moses, were found.
Tower. To keep the wine, Matthew xxi. 33. It denotes the temple, (Calmet) Scriptures (Menochius)
Wild. Sour, Deuteronomy xxxii. 32.