Ezekielchapter 15
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A.Vine wood is good for nothing but fuelvv. 1-5
1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest? 3 Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils? 4 No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything? 5 Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
B.Jerusalem handed over to the firevv. 6-8
6 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem. 7 And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD. 8 Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Chapter summary
The shortest of the parables and among the sharpest.
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Chapter summary
The shortest of the parables and among the sharpest.
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The shortest of the parables and among the sharpest. What is the wood of the vine more than any tree of the forest? It cannot be made into any work; men will not even take a pin of it to hang a vessel on. Cast into the fire for fuel, with both ends burned and the middle scorched, it is fit for less than it was before. 'As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.' Israel's whole worth was fruit-bearing; barren, the vine has no second use.
Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.
Context
Prophecy · Ezekiel — Ezekiel overview
- A. 1–5 Vine wood is good for nothing but fuel
- B. 6–8 Jerusalem handed over to the fire
Top cross-references8 chapters ▾
Isaiah 52 verses
- Isaiah 5:1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
- Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Read Isaiah 5 →
Psalms 802 verses
- Psalms 80:8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
- Psalms 80:16Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
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Ezekiel 142 verses
- Ezekiel 14:8I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 14:13“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
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Jeremiah 241 verse
- Jeremiah 24:8But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
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4 more chapters this one speaks with
Hosea 101 verse
- Hosea 10:1Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
- Read Hosea 10 →
Luke 141 verse
- Luke 14:34Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
- Read Luke 14 →
Mark 91 verse
- Mark 9:50Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
- Read Mark 9 →
John 151 verse
- John 15:6If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- Read John 15 →
Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.