Yǐsījiēshū 15

1 Yēhéhuá de huà líndào wǒ shuō ,

2 Rénzǐ a , pútàoshù bǐ bié yàng shù yǒu shénme jiàng chù . pútào zhī bǐ zhòng shùzhī yǒu shénme hǎo chù .

3 Qí shang kĕyǐ qǔ mù liào zuò shénme gōng yòng , kĕyǐ qǔ lái zuò dīng zǐ guà shénme qìmǐn ma .

4 Kàn nǎ , yǐjing pāo zaì huǒ zhōng dāng zuò chái shāo , huǒ jì shāo le liǎng tóu , zhōngjiān yĕ beì shāo le , hái yǒu yì yú gōng yòng ma .

5 Wánquán de shíhou shàngqiĕ bù héhū shénme gōng yòng , hékuàng beì huǒshào huaì , hái néng héhū shénme gōng yòng ma .

6 Suǒyǐ , zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , zhòng shù yǐ neì de pútàoshù , wǒ zĕnyàng shǐ tā zaì huǒ zhōng dāng chái , yĕ bì zhàoyàng dāi Yēlùsǎlĕng de jūmín .

7 Wǒ bì xiàng tāmen biàn liǎn . tāmen suī cóng huǒ zhōng chūlai , huǒ què yào shāo miè tāmen . wǒ xiàng tāmen biàn liǎn de shíhou , nǐmen jiù zhīdào wǒ shì Yēhéhuá .

8 Wǒ bì shǐ dì tǔ huāngliáng , yīnwei tāmen xíngshì gānfàn wǒ . zhè shì zhǔ Yēhéhuá shuō de .

Yǐsījiēshū 15 Commentary

Chapter 15

Jerusalem like an unfruitful vine.

- If a vine be fruitful, it is valuable. But if not fruitful, it is worthless and useless, it is cast into the fire. Thus man is capable of yielding a precious fruit, in living to God; this is the sole end of his existence; and if he fails in this, he is of no use but to be destroyed. What blindness then attaches to those who live in the total neglect of God and of true religion! This similitude is applied to Jerusalem. Let us beware of an unfruitful profession. Let us come to Christ, and seek to abide in him, and to have his words abide in us.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 15

The destruction of Jerusalem is again prophesied of in this chapter, and is set forth under the simile of a vine tree, which, for its uselessness, is committed to the fire. The simile is in Eze 15:1-5; the application of it in Eze 15:6-8.