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Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!
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From Useless to More Useless
Commentators explain this verse uses a "how much more" argument. If a vine's wood is too weak and twisted for any craft when it's whole, how much more useless is it after being charred by fire? This illustrates God's point to Israel: having already failed to be fruitful (their one purpose), they were now being consumed by judgment, rendering them completely unfit for anything but destruction.
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Ezekiel
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19th Century
Anglican
This short chapter contains a single simile and its application, designed to show that Israel, having failed to fulfill the purpose for which they …
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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Presbyterian
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…
