This short chapter contains a single simile and its application, designed to show that Israel, having failed to fulfill the purpose for which they …

The Prophet’s intention is to humble the foolish confidence of the people, who boasted of the gratuitous kindness of God, as if they were naturally…

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying .
] The destruction of Jerusalem had been represented under various type…

Jerusalem like an unfruitful vine.

If a vine is fruitful, it is valuable. But if it is not fruitful, it is worthless and useless; it is cast…