Ezekiel 15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments
  • Ezekiel 15:2 open_in_new

    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 other trees.

  • Ezekiel 15:4 open_in_new

    Behold, it is cast into the fire - The wood is in itself useless for any purpose; but what if it have been cast into the fire, and half burned, what of it then?

  • Ezekiel 15:7 open_in_new

    They shall go out ... - Rather, they have gone forth from the fire, and the fire shall devour them. The condition of the people is here depicted. The people of Israel - as a whole and as separate kingdoms - had become worthless. The branch torn from the living stem had truly been cast into the fire, which had devoured both ends of it; what remained was a brand plucked from the burning. Those who had escaped the general calamity were reserved for a like fate. Compare John 15:6.