Ezequiel 15:2

Almeida Revista e Corrigida

Filho do homem, que mais a madeira da videira que qualquer outro, o sarmento que est entre as rvores do bosque?

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
Filho do homem, que mais a rvore da videira do que qualquer outra rvore, ou do que o sarmento que est entre as rvores do bosque?

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
Filho do homem, por que mais o sarmento de videira que qualquer outro, o sarmento que est entre as rvores do bosque?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: The vine is only noble and useful while producing fruit: for, when cut down, its wood is fit only for fuel. So Israel, having ceased to be fruitful, they are good for nothing, but, like a withered branch of a vine, to be burnt. Deuteronomy 32:32, Deuteronomy 32:33, Psalms 80:8-16, Song of Solomon 2:13, Song of Solomon 2:15, Song of Solomon 6:11, Song of Solomon 7:12, Song of Solomon 8:11, Song of Solomon 8:12, Isaiah 5:1-7, Jeremiah 2:21, Hosea 10:1, Matthew 21:33-41, Mark 12:1-9, Luke 20:9-16, John 15:1-6

among: Isaiah 44:23, Micah 3:12, Zechariah 11:2

Reciprocal: Isaiah 27:11 - the boughs Jeremiah 24:2 - naughty Ezekiel 2:1 - Son Ezekiel 15:6 - General Ezekiel 19:10 - like Hosea 11:6 - consume Matthew 3:10 - is hewn Matthew 7:19 - bringeth Matthew 25:30 - cast Luke 3:9 - General Luke 23:31 - General John 15:4 - As Hebrews 6:8 - whose

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree,.... Or, "the wood of the vine than any wood" b; it is not better than other wood; it is not so good as any other wood; nay, it is good for nothing. The fruit of the vine tree is good, but its wood is of no use: a vine tree, if it bears fruit, is valuable; but if it does not, it is of no account. The people of the Jews are often compared to a vine, who, while they brought forth good fruit, were in esteem; but, when they became like an empty and fruitless vine, were rejected as good for nothing, Psalms 80:8; they were originally no better than others; what they had were owing to the grace and goodness of God; and when they degenerated, they were the worst of all people:

[or than] a branch which is among the trees of the forest? a vine tree that bears fruit is better than a tree of the forest, or than a branch of one that is unfruitful; but a vine tree that does not bear fruit is not so good; because the wood of the one may be useful when the other is not; though the words may be better rendered, even "the branch [of a wild vine] which is among the trees of the forest" c; and so it explains what vine tree is spoken of; not a fruitful one in the vineyards, but a wild and barren one in the forest. So Jarchi paraphrases the words,

"not of the vine in the vineyards, which bears fruit, speak I unto thee; but of the branch of the vine which grows in the forests;''

and so Kimchi,

"I do not ask thee of the vine tree which beareth fruit, for that is valuable; but of the branch (of the wild vine) which is among the trees of the forest, and is as they that do not bear fruit, concerning that I ask thee; for even it is not as the trees of the forest; for the trees of the forest, though they do not bear fruit, they are fit to do work of them, to make vessels of them, and to floor houses with them; but the wood of this vine is not so.''

b עץ הגפן מכל עץ "lignum vitis prae omni ligno", Montanus, Junius Tremellius, Polanus, Starckius. c הזמורה "surculus", Cocceius "surculus vitis", Starckius; "vitis sylvestris", Munster. So Ben Melech interprets the branch, of a vine.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The vine ... - The image is grounded on a well-known figure Psalms 80:8; Isaiah 5:0. The comparison is not between the vine and other trees, but between the wood of the vine and the wood of other trees.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 15:2. What is the vine tree more than any tree — It is certain that the vine is esteemed only on account of its fruit. In some countries, it is true, it grows to a considerable size and thickness: but, even then, it is not of a sufficient density to work into furniture. But whatever may be said of the stock of the vine, it is the branch that the prophet speaks of here; and I scarcely know the branch of any tree in the forest more useless than is the branch of the vine. Out of it who can even make a pin to drive into a mud wall, or hang any vessel on? A vine would never be cultivated for the sake of its wood; it is really worthless but as it bears fruit. What is Israel? Good for nothing, but as God influenced them to bring forth fruit to his glory. But now that they have ceased to be fruitful, they are good for nothing, but, like a withered branch of the vine, to be burnt.