The Bible: Ezekiel Chapter 15: with Audio and Commentary.

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Ezekiel Chapter 15

1 The LORD's word came to me, saying,

2 "Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is amongst the trees of the forest?

3 Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burnt. Is it profitable for any work?

5 Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burnt, will it yet be suitable for any work?"

6 Therefore the Lord GOD says: "As the vine tree amongst the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will devour them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

8 I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass," says the Lord GOD.

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Ezekiel Chapter 15 Guide

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 which a vessel might be hung, the meaning of this most evidently being that the one and only value of a vine is its fruit. How worse than useless then is it when burned.

The application of the figure was made immediately to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who were to be given to the fire because of their trespass. The connection of this prophecy with the song of Isaiah is evident. According to that song the judgment against the men of Judah was due to the fact that when Jehovah looked for grapes they brought forth wild grapes.

From "An Exposition of the Whole Bible" by G. Campbell Morgan.

Ezekiel Chapter 15 Commentary

Chapter Outline

  1. Jerusalem like an unfruitful vine.

Verses 1-8

If a vine be fruitful, it is valuable. But if not fruitful, it is worthless and useless, it is cast into the fire. Thus man is capable of yielding a precious fruit, in living to God; this is the sole end of his existence; and if he fails in this, he is of no use but to be destroyed. What blindness then attaches to those who live in the total neglect of God and of true religion! This similitude is applied to Jerusalem. Let us beware of an unfruitful profession. Let us come to Christ, and seek to abide in him, and to have his words abide in us.

From the "Concise Commentary on the Bible" by Matthew Henry.