1-5 By the unfitness of the vine branch for any work 6-8 is shewn the rejection of Jerusalem

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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. De 32:32,33 Ps 80:8-16 So 2:13,15 6:11 7:12 8:11,12 Isa 5:1-7 Jer 2:21 Ho 10:1 Mt 21:33-41 Mr 12:1-9 Lu 20:9-16 Joh 15:1-6

among Isa 44:23 Mic 3:12 Zec 11:2

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

Jer 24:8 Mt 5:13 Mr 9:50 Lu 14:34,35

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 Ps 80:16 Isa 27:11 Joh 15:6 Heb 6:8

the fire Isa 1:31 Am 4:11 Mal 4:1 Mt 3:12 Heb 12:29

Is it meet [heb] Will it prosper

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

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.

Eze 15:2 17:3-10 20:47,48 Isa 5:1-6,24,25 Jer 4:7 7:20 21:7 24:8-10

they shall 1Ki 19:17 Isa 24:18 Jer 48:43,44 Am 5:19 9:1-4

and ye shall Eze 6:7 7:4 11:10 20:38,42,44 Ps 9:16

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 Eze 14:8 Le 17:10 20:3-6 26:17 Ps 34:16 Jer 21:10

they shall 1Ki 19:17 Isa 24:18 Jer 48:43,44 Am 5:19 9:1-4

and ye shall Eze 6:7 7:4 11:10 20:38,42,44 Ps 9:16

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

I will Eze 6:14 14:13-21 33:29 Isa 6:11 24:3-12 Jer 25:10,11 Zep 1:18

committed a trespass [heb] trespassed a trespass 2Ch 36:14-16