fenced it: or, made a wall about it, Exodus 33:16; Numbers 23:9; Deuteronomy 32:8-9; Psalms 44:1-3; Romans 9:4
planted: Jeremiah 2:21
the choicest vine: Sorek: in Arabic, sharik: certainly denotes an excellent vine; but some with Bp. Lowth, retain it as a proper name. Sorek was a valley lying between Askelon and Gaza, so called from the excellence of its vines. Judges 16:4
and built: Isaiah 1:8; Micah 4:8
made: Heb. hewed
a winepress: Isaiah 63:2-3; Nehemiah 13:15; Revelation 14:18-20
he looked: Isaiah 5:7, Isaiah 1:2-4, Isaiah 1:21-23; Deuteronomy 32:6; Matthew 21:34; Mark 11:13, Mark 12:2; Luke 13:7, Luke 20:10-18; 1 Corinthians 9:7
wild grapes: Deuteronomy 32:32-33; Hosea 10:1