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Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Ezekiel 15:1-8

4. The Parable of the Vine Tree for the Burning (Ezekiel 15:0.)1And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, 2Son of man, what shall the wood of the vine be more than any wood? the vine-branch which was 3among the trees of the forest! Is wood taken thereof to do any work? Or do they take a peg of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4Behold, it is [was] given to the fire for fuel [food]; its two ends the fire consumed, and its middle 5is scorched; is it fit for any work? Behold, in its uninjured... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 15:1-8

This final word on the results of reprobation leads naturally to the part of the prophecy dealing with the reason thereof. This reason is first set forth under two general figures; second, in the form of a riddle; third, as an answer-to a false excuse; and, finally, in a great lament. The figures were familiar because they had been used by former prophets. The first figure was of the vine. Its uselessness as a tree was declared. It provided no wood which men could work, not even a pin on... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 15:1-3

‘And the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? Will wood be taken from it to make any work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?” ’ The later implication is that Jerusalem is like the vine (Ezekiel 15:5), but in Ezekiel’s case it is the wild vine, one of the trees of the forest. Unlike other trees in the forest its usefulness is limited to bearing its fruit. But who... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 15:1-8

Ezekiel 15. The Useless Vine (Jerusalem) is Doomed to Destruction.— We have seen some of the reasons why the illusion of the inviolability of Jerusalem was so hard to slay (chs. 12f.). Here we meet with another. The people believed themselves to be the darlings of Yahweh. Had not the great Isaiah (ch. 5) compared them to a vine, which had enjoyed His special nurture and care? Good, says Ezekiel, but remember how useless the vine is; why you cannot even make a peg out of its wood. While, as... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 15:3

Is there one good piece of timber in the whole vine fit for building a house, or ship, as there is in the oak, elm, or other wild forest trees? Will it furnish the husbandman or soldier, or seaman with fit materials for their use, in peace, war, or sea? Will it afford a pin to drive into a wall or post, on which you may safely fasten any weight? It is so weak that it is useless as to this. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 15:1-8

ISRAEL COMPARED TO THE USELESS WOOD OF A WILD VINE (Chap. 15)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—In the last chapter the prophet had announced that God would not spare Jerusalem for the sake of the few righteous therein. In this chapter he destroys another refuge in which they trusted. He shows how His people Israel have no native superiority over other nations, no such intrinsic value as would entitle them to be considered as a special case. They may have rested secure in the thought that Israel is compared to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 15:1-8

Chapter 15Now, in chapter 15:The word of the LORD came unto me saying, Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree ( Ezekiel 15:1-2 ),Now you remember God said concerning the nation Israel in Isaiah, chapter 5, that God had planted a pleasant vineyard, the nation of Israel. He put a hedge around it, built walls around it, fenced it in, built a winepress therein and He came at the time of harvest that He might partake of the fruit from His vine. But, behold, it had wild grapes. "What... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 15:1-8

REFLECTIONS. This chapter follows in connection with the preseding, and demonstrates the failure of the various methods of providence to bring the jews back to the covenant of God; and comes to the ultimatum of burning Jerusalem, as the useless wood of the vine. Horace employs the like figure of the useless wood of the figtree, as cited in Isaiah 44:9. The Israelites had been to God as a choice vine, brought out of Egypt, whose beauties are sung in the eightieth psalm. The men of Judah,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Ezekiel 15:1-8

Ezekiel 15:1-8What is the vine tree more than any tree.The worthless vine doomed for the fireFounding on old similitudes, the prophet assumes that Israel is the vine, and compares it as a tree or as wood with the other trees of the forest. It is as wood that it is put in comparison with the trees. He is studiously silent in regard to the fruit of the vine. This which gave the vine its preeminence (Judges 9:13), cannot be touched upon, for it does not exist. It is the wood of the vine only that... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 15:3

Eze 15:3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? Ver. 3. Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? ] No, hardly. It is good for nothing; no, not so much as to make a pin or a peg of to hang a hat or bridle on, because it is a sappy and brittle wood. Think the same of that empty vine, the profligate professor, being abominable, disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Tit 1:16 read more