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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 15:1-8

The true object of the life of man. "And the word of the Lord came irate me, saying, Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree?" etc. Israel is here compared to a vine. The figure is frequently applied to her (cf Psalms 80:8-16 ; Isaiah 5:1-7 ). If a vine be fruitful, it is very highly valued. Its fruit is said to make "glad the heart of man," and to "cheer God and man." But if it be not fruitful, of what use is it? It is of no use as timber. If other trees fail to bring... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 15:7

They shall go out ... - Rather, they have gone forth from the fire, and the fire shall devour them. The condition of the people is here depicted. The people of Israel - as a whole and as separate kingdoms - had become worthless. The branch torn from the living stem had truly been cast into the fire, which had devoured both ends of it; what remained was a brand plucked from the burning. Those who had escaped the general calamity were reserved for a like fate. Compare John 15:6. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 15:6-8

Ezekiel 15:6-8. As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given for fuel That is, as the vine-tree, when barren and fruitless, like the wild trees of the forest, is given for fuel, being fit for nothing else; or as a vine, when barren and cut up, is thrown among other wood which is intended to be fuel for the fire; so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem So will I destroy them by the Chaldeans, among other nations which are destroyed by them. For they are so... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 15:1-8

The useless vine (15:1-8)Judah was one nation among many, like a vine among the trees of the forest. The question is asked: Is the timber of the vine better than the timber of other trees? The answer: No; as timber it is useless, not even fit to make a peg from which to hang a cooking pot. It is still more useless if it has been half burnt in a fire (15:1-5).The nation Judah was useless and was already half destroyed through Babylon’s attacks. Like the half-burnt vine thrown back on the fire,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 15:6

the Lord God . Hebrew. Adonai Jehovah . See note on Ezekiel 2:4 . so will I give . Fulfilled in 2 Kings 25:9 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ezekiel 15:7

I will set My face. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 17:10 ). ye shall know, &c. See note on Ezekiel 6:7 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 15:7

Ezekiel 15:7. They shall go out from one fire, &c.— "That is, (says Calmet,) if they escape the sword, they shall perish by famine; if they escape the famine, they shall be taken captive by the enemy; they shall fall from one calamity into another." See Psalms 66:12. But Houbigant, displeased with the addition of one and another made to the text, renders it, Shall they escape from the fire? Certainly the fire shall devour them, and ye shall, &c. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 15:6

6. So will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as being utterly unprofitable (Matthew 21:33-41; Matthew 25:30; Mark 11:12-14; Luke 13:6-9) in answering God's design that they should be witnesses for Jehovah before the heathen (Matthew 3:10; Matthew 5:13). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 15:7

7. And I will set my face against them—(See on :-). from one fire . . . another—(Compare Isaiah 24:18). "Fire" means here every kind of calamity (Isaiah 24:18- :). The Jewish fugitives shall escape from the ruin of Jerusalem, only to fall into some other calamity. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 15:6-7

The Lord compared the inhabitants of Jerusalem to a piece of vine wood that He had used for fuel. Vine wood is not even good for fuel since it is so soft and burns so quickly. The vine was one of the most common symbols of Israel (Genesis 49:22; Deuteronomy 32:32; Psalms 80:8-16; Isaiah 5:1-7; Jeremiah 2:21; Hosea 10:1; Matthew 21:33-41; John 15:1-6). Clusters of grapes decorated Herod’s temple as national symbols. [Note: Flavius Josephus, Wars of the Jews, 15:11:3.] Israel’s purpose was to... read more