The vine ... - The image is grounded on a well-known figure (Psalms 80:8); (Isaiah 5:0). The comparison is not betwe…

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…

Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree
Or, "the wood of the vine than any wood" ^F2 ; it is …

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…