Ezekiel 15:1
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, This chapter represents, in the way of a brief introduction, what Ezekiel 16:1 details minutely.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, This chapter represents, in the way of a brief introduction, what Ezekiel 16:1 details minutely.... [ Continue Reading ]
Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? WHAT IS THE VINE TREE MORE THAN ANY TREE? What has the vine-wood to make it preeminent above other forest-wood? Nothing. Nay, the reverse. Other trees yield useful timber, but vine-wood... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? BEHOLD, IT IS CAST INTO THE FIRE - (, "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the f... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? BEHOLD, WHEN IT WAS WHOLE, IT WAS MEET FOR NO WORK: HOW MUCH LESS ... WHEN ... BURNED? If useless before, much more so when almost wholly burned.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 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. AS THE VINE TREE ... WHICH I HAVE GIVEN TO THE FIRE FOR FUEL, SO WILL I GIVE ... JERUSALEM - so will I give the inhabitants of J... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. THEY SHALL GO OUT FROM ONE FIRE, AND ANOTHER FIRE SHALL DEVOUR THEM - (cf. ). "Fire" means here every kind of calamity... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD. BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMMITTED A TRESPASS - rather, 'they have perversely fallen into perverse rebellion.' The Jews were not merely sinners as the other nations, but revolters and apostates. It is one thin... [ Continue Reading ]