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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 15:4

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos . App-8 . cast into the fire. Compare John 15:6 . Is it meet. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-8 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 15:5

"Behold, when it was whole, it was fit for no work: how much less when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work! Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 15:4

Ezekiel 15:4. The fire devoureth, &c.— A very apt representation of the state of Judea, when both its extremities were consumed by the ravages of the destroyer; and the middle of it, where the capital city stood, was threatened every moment with destruction from the enemy. Instead of, The midst of it is burned, Houbigant reads very properly, The middle of it is scorched; "is now, as it were, just about to catch fire, and to be burned. If therefore that middle should be snatched out of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 15:4

4. cast into . . . fire— ( :-). both the ends—the north kingdom having been already overturned by Assyria under Tiglath-pileser; the south being pressed on by Egypt ( :-). midst of it is burned—rather, "is on flame"; namely, Jerusalem, which had now caught the flame by the attack of Nebuchadnezzar. Is it meet for any work—"it," that is, the scorched part still remaining. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 15:5

5. If useless before, much more so when almost wholly burnt. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ezekiel 15:3-5

Vine wood was not good for making much of anything because it was too soft, weak, and crooked. It was not even good for making a peg on which to hang a vessel because it was so weak. It was only good for producing grapes. If vine wood was naturally of so little value, it was of even less value when charred by fire. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 15:1-8

Ezekiel’s Parable of the VineJerusalem and Israel are compared elsewhere in Scripture to a cultivated vine, bearing or expected to bear fruit. Ezekiel’s similitude, however, is that of the wild vine (Ezekiel 15:2, RV), regarded simply as a tree. It is the most worthless of trees. Its wood is of no use for any purpose, being too weak even to make a peg of. A vine branch that happens to be half-burnt is even more worthless than it was before. Jerusalem is such a half-burnt vine, already charred... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Ezekiel 15:1-8

XV.This short chapter contains a single simile and its application, designed to show that Israel, having failed to fulfil the purpose for which they had been chosen, were worthless, and could have no other end than destruction. (2) What is the vine tree?—The comparison of Israel to a vine or to a vineyard is common in Scripture (Psalms 80:8-13; Isaiah 5:1-7; Jeremiah 2:21; Hosea 10:1; Matthew 21:33-41, &c.) and is very apt; for the vine, bringing forth its appointed fruit, was among the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Ezekiel 15:1-8

Ezekiel 15:1-8 . This is the first of three parables to demonstrate still further the delusion of their false hope that deliverance would come. The vine is a type of Israel Psalms 80:8-19 ; Isaiah 5:1-30 , and Hosea 10:1 . The vine is only good for one thing, which is the bearing of fruit; apart from this it is worthless. The wood cannot be used for anything whatever. It is good for nothing but burning. Nebuchadnezzar carried out this sentence 2 Kings 25:9 . It reminds us also of the parable of... read more