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…

Behold, when it was whole it was fit for no work Before it was cut into pieces, and cast into the fire, it was not fit to…

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…