Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
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.
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.
Verse Ezekiel 15:2. _WHAT IS THE VINE TREE MORE THAN ANY TREE_] It is certain that the vine is esteemed only on account of its _fruit_. In some countries, it is true, it grows to a considerable size...
Ezekiel 15:1. 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; Isaiah 5:1, and...
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 wit...
SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. THAN A. Supply the Ellipsis [What is. vine] branch" IS. hath come to be....
or than _a branch_ Perhaps: the vine-branch which is, the words taking up "the vine tree" of previous clause. Owing to the verb the natural sense is: _what shall be_made of _the wood of the vine among...
WHAT IS THE VINE-TREE— Houbigant renders it, _What hath the wood of the vine above other branching woods which are amid the trees of the wood?_ The comparison is here made between the trees of the for...
CHAPTER EIGHT PARABLES AND PICTURES 15:1-17:24 The justification of God's judgment against Judah continues in Chapter s 15-17, but the nature of the defense changes. Here Ezekiel employs parables or...
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 preeminen...
EZEKIEL'S PARABLE OF THE VINE Jerusalem 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...
_Or than_ A BRANCH] RV 'the vine branch.'...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 15 A *VINE WITHOUT FRUIT – EZEKIEL 15:1-8 V1 The *LOR
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...
בֶּן ־אָדָ֕ם מַה ־יִּֽהְיֶ֥ה עֵץ ־הַ גֶּ֖פֶן
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...
Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the (a) trees of the forest? (a) Which brings forth no fruit, no more than the other trees of the forest do: me...
Wood. Small branches or tendrils. The vines of that country were probably small. (Calmet) --- The wild vine (Sanctius) grows very large, and the wood is durable, so that statues, pillars, and ladders...
The figure of a vine-tree is most happily chosen to describe what the Lord meant to teach the Prophet concerning Jerusalem. The vine in its flourishing state is the most luxuriant and prolific perhaps...
Chapter 15 shews that the vine-utterly useless if it bore no fruit-was fit only for fuel, and to be consumed. Thus should it be with the inhabitants of Jerusalem-a striking picture of this destruction...
SON OF MAN, WHAT IS THE VINE TREE MORE THAN ANY TREE,.... Or, "the wood of the vine than any wood" b; it is not better than other wood; it is not so good as any other wood; nay, it is good for nothing...
Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, [or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest? Ver. 2. _What is the vine tree more than any tree?_] The Jews took upon them, because...
_What is the vine more than any tree?_ The house of Israel is often compared to a vine, which when fruitful is very profitable and valuable, but when barren is very worthless and contemptible. Of this...
THE VINE-TREE FIT FOR BURNING ONLY. As little as the Lord, for the sake of a handful of righteous people, will spare Jerusalem, so little can a preference of Israel before other nations be alleged, as...
Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, what advantage has it above other trees, OR THAN A BRANCH WHICH IS AMONG THE TREES OF THE FOREST? The wild vine has nothing that would make it par...
The house of Israel is often compared to a vine, which when barren or fruitless is very contemptible and unprofitable. This the prophet minds them of to humble them, and awaken them to fruitfulness; W...
Ezekiel 15:2 Son H1121 man H120 wood H6086 vine H1612 wood H6086 branch H2156 trees H6086 forest H3293...
‘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? O...
CONTENTS: Vision of the burning vine. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: Those who set their faces against God to contradict His Word and defeat His purposes will find His face sat against them t...
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 ul...
_What is the vine tree more than any tree._ THE WORTHLESS VINE DOOMED FOR THE FIRE Founding on old similitudes, the prophet assumes that Israel is the vine, and compares it as a tree or as wood with...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 15:1 Comparing Israel to a vine is a common OT theme (e.g., Psalms 80:8; Jeremiah 2:21). (O
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 there...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 15:2 WHAT IS THE VINE TREE, etc.? The prophet's mind had apparently been dwelling, after the close of his previous utterance, on the imagery of earlier writers, in which Israel had...
CHAPTER 15. THE GUILT AND CONDEMNATION OF ISRAEL PARABOLICALLY REPRESENTED. Ezekiel 15:1. _And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,_ Ezekiel 15:2. Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any...
Now, 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,...
Deuteronomy 32:32; Deuteronomy 32:33; Hosea 10:1; Isaiah 44:23;...
The vine — tree — Israel is here compared to a vine, which, when fruitless, is utterly unprofitable. This the prophet minds them of to humble them, and awaken them to fruitfulness. A branch — One bran...