Ezekiel 15

Ezekiel 15:1-8

Ezekiel 15:1-8. This is the first of three parables to demonstrate still further the delusion of their false hope that deliverance would come. The vine is a type of Israel Psalms 80:8-19; Isaiah 5:1-30, and Hosea 10:1. The vine is only good for one thing, which is the bearing of fruit; apart from this it is worthless. The wood cannot be used for anything whatever. It is good for nothing but burning. Nebuchadnezzar carried out this sentence 2 Kings 25:9. It reminds us also of the parable of the vine our Lord spoke, in which, speaking of the unfruitful branch, He said, “ Men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned” John 15:6. Some apply this also to Israel; it means the professing believer, who professes to be a branch in the true vine.