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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• ⁸A vine out of Egypt thou broughtest;{HR}Thou didst drive out nations, and didst plant it. (Psa. 80:8)

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Isa. 5:2,7• ²and he dug it up, 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 a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
⁷For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold a cry. (Isa. 5:2,7)

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Jer. 2:21• ²¹{i}And 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?{/i} (Jer. 2:21)

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Hos. 10:1• ¹{i}Israel 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.{/i} (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• ³²{i}For their vine is of the vine of Sodom,{HR}And of the fields of Gomorrah:{HR}Their grapes are grapes of poison,{HR}Bitter are their clusters;{HR}{/i}
³³{i}Their wine is the poison of dragons,{HR}And the cruel venom of vipers.{HR}{/i} (Deut. 32:32‑33)

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Psa. 80:8‑16• ⁸A vine out of Egypt thou broughtest;{HR}Thou didst drive out nations, and didst plant it.
⁹Thou preparedst [space] before it,{HR}And it took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰Mountains were covered with its shadow,{HR}And its boughs [were] cedars of God .
¹¹It sent out its branches unto the sea,{HR}And its shoots unto the river.
¹²Why hast thou broken down its fence,{HR}So that all who pass by the way shall pluck it?
¹³The boar out of the forest wasteth it,{HR}And the wild beast of the field feedeth on it.
¹⁴O God of hosts, return, we pray;{HR}Look down even from the heavens and see,{HR}And visit this vine,
¹⁵Even the stock which thy right hand planted,{HR}And the plant (son) thou madest strong for thyself.
¹⁶[It is] burned with fire, cut down:{HR}At the rebuke of thy face they perish. (Psa. 80:8‑16)

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Song of Sol. 2:13,15• ¹³The fig tree melloweth her winter figs,{HR}And the vines in bloom give forth fragrance.{HR}Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
¹⁵Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards:{HR}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,{HR}To see the verdure of the valley,{HR}To see whether the vine budded—{HR}The pomegranates blossomed. (Song of Sol. 6:11)

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Song of Sol. 7:12• ¹²Let us get up early to the vineyards,{HR}Let us see if the vine hath budded,{HR}The blossoms appear, the pomegranates bloom:{HR}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,{HR}He let out the vineyard to keepers:{HR}Every one for its fruit was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
¹²My vineyard, which is mine, is before me:{HR}Thou, Solomon, shalt have the thousand,{HR}And 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 in a very fruitful hill;
²and he dug it up, 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 a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
³And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
⁴What could have been done more 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 the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down;
⁶and I will lay it waste—it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also 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 his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold a cry. (Isa. 5:1‑7)

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Jer. 2:21• ²¹{i}And 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?{/i} (Jer. 2:21)

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Hos. 10:1• ¹{i}Israel 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.{/i} (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 season of the fruits drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.
³⁵And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one and killed another and stoned another.
³⁶Again he sent other bondmen more than the first, and they did to them likewise.
³⁷And afterward he sent to them his son, saying, They will feel respect for my son.
³⁸But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and get his inheritance.
³⁹And they took and cast him forth out of the vineyard and killed [him].
⁴⁰When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do to these husbandmen?
⁴¹They say to him, He will wretchedly destroy those wretches, and let out the vineyard to other husbandmen who shall render him the fruits in their season. (Matt. 21:33‑41)

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Mark 12:1‑9• ¹{i}And he began to say to them in parables,{/i} A man planted a vineyard and made a fence round it, {i}and{/i} dug a wine-vat, {i}and{/i} built a tower, {i}and{/i} let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
²{i}And{/i} at the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
³{i}But{/i} they caught 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 him also last to them, saying, They will reverence 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 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 they will respect [him].
¹⁴But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; 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.
²Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he taketh it away; and every one that beareth fruit, he cleanseth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
³Already ye are clean, because of the word which I have spoken to you.
⁴Abide in me, and I in you: as the branch cannot bear fruit from itself, unless it abide in the vine; so neither [can] ye, unless ye abide in me.
⁵I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, he beareth much fruit; because apart from me ye can do nothing.
⁶If one abide not in me, he is cast out as the branch, and is dried up: and they gather it, and cast [it] into the fire, and it burneth. (John 15:1‑6)

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Isa. 44:23• ²³Sing, O 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 plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest. (Mic. 3:12)

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Zech. 11:2• ²Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage 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?

W. Kelly Translation

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