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Ezek. 15:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Son of man, What is the vine treen more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

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Psa. 80:8• ⁸Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it: (Psa. 80:8)

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Isa. 5:2,7• ²And he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.
⁷For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry. (Isa. 5:2,7)

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Jer. 2:21• ²¹And I,--I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me? (Jer. 2:21)

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Hos. 10:1• ¹Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues. (Hos. 10:1)

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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.

Deut. 32:32‑33• ³²For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of poison, Bitter are their clusters;
³³Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of vipers. (Deut. 32:32‑33)

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Psa. 80:8‑16• ⁸Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:
⁹Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;
¹⁰The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were like cedars of *God;
¹¹It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.
¹²Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
¹³The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.
¹⁴O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;
¹⁵Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.
¹⁶It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. (Psa. 80:8‑16)

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Song of Sol. 2:13,15• ¹³The fig-tree melloweth her winter figs, And the vines in bloom give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away!
¹⁵Take us the foxes, The little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in bloom. (Song of Sol. 2:13,15)

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Song of Sol. 6:11• ¹¹I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the verdure of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, Whether the pomegranates blossomed. (Song of Sol. 6:11)

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Song of Sol. 7:12• ¹²We will go up early to the vineyards, We will see if the vine hath budded, If the blossom is opening, And the pomegranates are in bloom: There will I give thee my loves. (Song of Sol. 7:12)

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Song of Sol. 8:11‑12• ¹¹Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon: He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand silver-pieces.
¹²My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: The thousand silver-pieces be to thee, Solomon; And to the keepers of its fruit, two hundred. (Song of Sol. 8:11‑12)

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Isa. 5:1‑7• ¹I will sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard: My well-beloved had a vineyard upon a fruitful hill.
²And he dug it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine; and he built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.
³And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
⁴What was there yet to do to my vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?--
⁵And now, let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden under foot;
⁶and I will make it a waste--it shall not be pruned nor cultivated, but there shall come up briars and thorns; and I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
⁷For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry. (Isa. 5:1‑7)

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Jer. 2:21• ²¹And I,--I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me? (Jer. 2:21)

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Hos. 10:1• ¹Israel is an unpruned vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues. (Hos. 10:1)

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Matt. 21:33‑41• ³³Hear another parable: There was a householder who planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
³⁴But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
³⁵And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
³⁶Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them in like manner.
³⁷And at last he sent to them his son, saying, They will have respect for my son.
³⁸But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and possess his inheritance.
³⁹And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, and killed him.
⁴⁰When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what shall he do to those husbandmen?
⁴¹They say to him, He will miserably destroy those evil men, and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons. (Matt. 21:33‑41)

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Mark 12:1‑9• ¹And he began to say to them in parables, A man planted a vineyard, and made a fence round it and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country.
²And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
³But they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
⁴And again he sent to them another bondman; and at him they threw stones, and struck him on the head, and sent him away with insult.
⁵And again he sent another, and him they killed; and many others, beating some and killing some.
⁶Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent also him to them the last, saying, They will have respect for my son.
⁷But those husbandmen said to one another, This is the heir: come, let us kill him and the inheritance will be ours.
⁸And they took him and killed him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard.
⁹What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. (Mark 12:1‑9)

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Luke 20:9‑16• ⁹And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country for a long time.
¹⁰And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent him away empty.
¹¹And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent him away empty.
¹²And again he sent a third; and they, having wounded him also, cast him out.
¹³And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps when they see him they will respect him.
¹⁴But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.
¹⁵And having cast him forth out of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them?
¹⁶He will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it they said, May it never be! (Luke 20:9‑16)

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John 15:1‑6• ¹I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
²As to every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and as to every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.
³Ye are already clean by reason of the word which I have spoken to you.
⁴Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine, thus neither can ye unless ye abide in me.
⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, *he* bears much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.
⁶Unless any one abide in me he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up; and they gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (John 15:1‑6)

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Isa. 44:23• ²³Sing, ye heavens; for Jehovah hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, the forest, and every tree therein! For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. (Isa. 44:23)

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Mic. 3:12• ¹²Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. (Mic. 3:12)

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Zech. 11:2• ²Howl, cypress, for the cedar is fallen; because the noble ones are spoiled. Howl, ye oaks of Bashan; for the strong forest is come down. (Zech. 11:2)

• The vine is of no value if it be not fruitful. Other trees, if they never bear or when they cease bearing, may be excellent for purposes of art or utility. But not so with the vine: if there be not fruit, it is only good to be burnt. (“Notes on Ezekiel 15” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Son of man, what is the wood of the vine more than any wood, the vine-branch, which is among the trees of the forest?