Ezekiel
Ezekiel 15:2ESV·traditional attribution
“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?
Matthew Henry Presbyterian
Jerusalem was planted a noble vine, meant to bear fruit for God's glory, but a vine without fruit is worthless, no better than thorns and briers. Strip away the fruit, and what is it? Just wood, fit for nothing but the fire.
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Commenting on Ezekiel 15:1-8
John Gill Reformed Baptist
The vine-branch cannot be worked into anything useful: no beam, no vessel, not even a peg to hang a hat upon. It is simply unfit for the purposes that make timber valuable.
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Geneva Bible Notes Reformed
A vine that bears no fruit is no better than any wild tree of the forest, and Jerusalem, bearing God's name but producing no fruit, would be utterly destroyed.
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