Ezekiel 15:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? ”

Ezekiel 15:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 oth...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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: m...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Son of man . See note on Ezekiel 2:1 . than a. Supply the Ellipsis [What is. vine] branch" is . hath come to be.
Ezekiel 15:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - It is certain that the vine is esteemed onl...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 pree...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 v...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 hav...
Ezekiel 15:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 for...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 perhap...
Ezekiel 15:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 noth...
Ezekiel 15:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, becaus...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 thi...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jerusalem a Condemned Vine. B. C. 593. 1 And the word of the L ORD came unto me, saying...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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;...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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?...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 the...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Ezekiel 15:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 w...
Ezekiel 15:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 whic...
Ezekiel 15:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:32 ; Deuteronomy 32:33 ; Hosea 10:1 ; Isaiah 44:23 ; Isaiah 5:1-7 ; Jeremiah 2:21 ; John 15:1-6 ; Luke 20:9-16 ; Micah 3:12 ; Mark 12:1-9 ; Matthew 21:33-41 ; Psalms 80:8-1...
Ezekiel 15:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 b...

Ezekiel 15:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 15:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 15:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 15:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 15:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 15:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 15:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 15:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 15:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 15:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 15:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 15:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 15:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes