Ezekiel 15:2
THE VINE ... - The image is grounded on a well-known figure Psalms 80:8; Isaiah 5. The comparison is not between the vine and other trees, but between the wood of the vine and the wood of other trees.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VINE ... - The image is grounded on a well-known figure Psalms 80:8; Isaiah 5. The comparison is not between the vine and other trees, but between the wood of the vine and the wood of other trees.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, IT IS CAST INTO THE FIRE - The wood is in itself useless for any purpose; but what if it have been cast into the fire, and half burned, what of it then?... [ Continue Reading ]
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,... [ Continue Reading ]