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Ezekiel 15

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  By the unfitness of the vine branch for any work,
6  is shewn the rejection of Jerusalem.
Verse 2

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
Verse 3

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
Verse 4

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.
Verse 5

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:
Verse 6

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
Verse 7

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
Verse 8

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

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