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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Ezekiel 15

Chapter 15

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

The vine is only noble and useful while producing fruit: for, when cut down, its wood is fit only for fuel. So Israel, having ceased to be fruitful, they are good for nothing, but, like a withered branch of a vine, to be burnt.

Deuteronomy 32:32,33 Psalms 80:8-16 Song of Solomon 2:13,15 6:11 7:12 8:11,12 Isaiah 5:1-7 Jeremiah 2:21 Hosea 10:1 Matthew 21:33-41 Mark 12:1-9 Luke 20:9-16 John 15:1-6

among

Isaiah 44:23 Micah 3:12 Zechariah 11:2

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Jeremiah 24:8 Matthew 5:13 Mark 9:50 Luke 14:34,35

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?

it is cast

Psalms 80:16 Isaiah 27:11 John 15:6 Hebrews 6:8

the fire

Isaiah 1:31 Amos 4:11 Malachi 4:1 Matthew 3:12 Hebrews 12:29

Is it meet

Heb. Will it prosper.

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?

meet

Heb. made fit.

Jeremiah 3:16 *marg:

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.

2 17:3-10 20:47,48 Isaiah 5:1-6,24,25 Jeremiah 4:7 7:20 21:7 24:8-10 Jeremiah 25:9-11,18 44:21-27 Zechariah 1:6

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.

I will set

14:8 Leviticus 17:10 20:3-6 26:17 Psalms 34:16 Jeremiah 21:10

they shall

1 Kings 19:17 Isaiah 24:18 Jeremiah 48:43,44 Amos 5:19 9:1-4

and ye shall

6:7 7:4 11:10 20:38,42,44 Psalms 9:16

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

I will

6:14 14:13-21 33:29 Isaiah 6:11 24:3-12 Jeremiah 25:10,11 Zephaniah 1:18

committed a trespass

Heb. trespassed a trespass.

2 Chronicles 36:14-16