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

He confirms what had been said in the last verse and at the same time explains it: as if the citizens of Jerusalem retained some form because they …

And I will make the land desolate
The land of Judea uncultivated, men and beast being cut off; see ([Reference Ezeki…

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…