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This is a dirge; and therefore that which is foreseen by the prophet, the capture and burning of Jerusalem, is described as already accomplished.…

She was plucked up. — With the captivity of Jehoiachin and a part of the people the desolation had begun. Much still rema…

Here Ezekiel places before our eyes the twofold state of the Jews, so that they might acknowledge they had fallen into extreme misery because they …

But she was plucked up in fury This vine being turned into a degenerate plant of a strange vine; or the people of the Jew…

Jerusalem was a vine, flourishing and fruitful. This vine is now destroyed, though not plucked up by the roots. She has by wickedness made herself …
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes