Ezekiel 15:1
CHAPTER XV _The Jewish nation, about to be destroyed by the Chaldeans,_ _compared to a barren vine which is fit for nothing but to be_ _cast into the fire_, 1-8. NOTES ON CHAP. XV... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XV _The Jewish nation, about to be destroyed by the Chaldeans,_ _compared to a barren vine which is fit for nothing but to be_ _cast into the fire_, 1-8. NOTES ON CHAP. XV... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 15:2. _WHAT IS THE VINE TREE MORE THAN ANY TREE_] It is certain that the vine is esteemed only on account of its _fruit_. In some countries, it is true, it grows to a considerable size and thickness: but, even then, it is not of a sufficient density to work into furniture. But whateve... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 15:4. _THE FIRE DEVOURETH BOTH THE ENDS OF IT, AND THE MIDST_ _OF IT IS BURNED._] Judea is like a vine branch thrown into the fire, which seizes on _both the ends_, and _scorches the middle_: so both the extremities of the land is wasted; and the middle, Jerusalem, is now threatened wi... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 15:6. _THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD_] As surely as I have allotted such a _vine branch_, or _vine branches_, for _fuel_; so surely have I appointed the _inhabitants_ of Jerusalem to be consumed. The design of this parable is to abate the pride of the Jews; to show them that, in their... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 15:7. _THEY SHALL GO OUT FROM ONE FIRE, AND_ ANOTHER _FIRE SHALL_ _DEVOUR THEM_] If they escape the _sword_, they shall perish by the _famine_; if they escape the _famine_, they shall be led away _captives_. To escape will be impossible. It will be to them according to the proverb: -... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 15:8. _THEY HAVE COMMITTED A TRESPASS_] They have _prevaricated_; they are the worst of sinners, and shall have the heaviest of punishments. Can men suppose that it is possible to hide even their dark hearts from God?... [ Continue Reading ]