And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord GOD.”
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.
AI summary
Commenting on Ezekiel 15:1-8
trespass--rather, "they have perversely fallen into perverse rebellion." The Jews were not merely sinners as the other nations, but revolters and apostates. It is one thing to neglect what we know not, but quite another thing to despise what we profess to worship [JEROME], as the Jews did towards God and the law.
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?