Ezekiel 15:1-7

Jerusalem, a Useless Vine

1 And the word of the Lord came to me:

2 ¹“Son of man, how does ²the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?

3 Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take ³a peg from it to hang any vessel on it?

4 ⁴Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything?

5 ⁵Behold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything!

6 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ⁶Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, ⁷which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 ⁸And I will set my face against them. Though ⁹they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, ¹⁰and you will know that I am the Lord, ¹¹when I set my face against them.

Ezekiel 15:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Cross References

• 1. 15:2 See ch. 2:1
• 2. 15:2 See ver. 6
• 3. 15:3 [Isa. 22:23, 24]
• 4. 15:4 [John 15:6]
• 5. 15:5 [ver. 3]
• 6. 15:6 [ch. 17:6; Ps. 80:8; Isa. 5:1]; See ch. 19:10-14
• 7. 15:6 [See ver. 4 above]
• 8. 15:7 See ch. 14:8
• 9. 15:7 [2 Kgs. 25:9]
• 10. 15:7 See ch. 6:7
• 11. 15:7 See ch. 14:8