Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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Gill's Exposition
And I will set my face against them,.... In wrath to destroy them; see Eze 14:8; and
they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them: from one calamity to another; those that…
Adam Clarke
Therefore thus saith the Lord - As surely as I have allotted such a vine branch, or vine branches, for fuel; so surely have I appointed the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be consumed.
The design of this…
The prophet, we may suppose, was thinking what a glorious city Jerusalem was, above any city in the world; it was the crown and joy of the whole earth; and therefore what a pity it was that it should…
Cambridge Bible
Application of the figure to Jerusalem
6. which I have given The reference is to the supposition in Eze 15:15. It is nowhere said in the passage that the vinewood is fit only fur fuel, nor that it has…
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