Ezekiel 15:2

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Son of man, what is the wood of a vine compared to any other tree or the branch that is among the trees of the forest?

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  • Isa 5:1-7 : 1 Let me sing now for my beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill. 2 He dug it and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a tower in its center and also carved out a winepress in it. He hoped it would produce good grapes, but it yielded only wild ones. 3 Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. 4 What more could I have done for my vineyard than I have already done? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes, did it yield only wild ones? 5 Now let me tell you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. 6 I will make it a wasteland; it will neither be pruned nor hoed, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it. 7 For the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the people of Judah are the planting of His delight. He expected justice but saw bloodshed; He expected righteousness but heard cries of distress.
  • Hos 10:1 : 1 Israel is a luxuriant vine that yields its fruit. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built. The richer his land, the more he adorned sacred pillars.
  • Ps 80:8-9 : 8 God of Hosts, restore us! Make your face shine upon us so that we may be saved. 9 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. 10 You cleared the ground for it; it took root and filled the land. 11 The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches. 12 It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River. 13 Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick its fruit? 14 Boars from the forest ravage it, and creatures of the field feed on it. 15 God of Hosts, return! Look down from heaven and see; take care of this vine. 16 The root your right hand has planted, the son you have raised up for yourself.
  • Jer 2:21 : 21 I planted you as a choice vine, from the very best seed. How then have you turned into wild, degenerate branches of a foreign vine for me?
  • John 15:1-6 : 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
  • Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the temple will become a high place overgrown with thickets.
  • Zech 11:2 : 2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, because the majestic trees are destroyed! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has come down!
  • Matt 21:33-41 : 33 Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away. 34 When the time came to harvest the fruit, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. 35 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group, but they treated them the same way. 37 Finally, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said. 38 But when the tenant farmers saw the son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance!' 39 So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenant farmers? 41 They said to him, 'He will bring those wretches to a miserable end and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit at the proper times.'
  • Mark 12:1-9 : 1 He began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, built a fence around it, dug a pit for the winepress, and constructed a tower. Then he leased it to farmers and went on a journey. 2 At the appointed time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Again, he sent another servant to them. They stoned him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away dishonored. 5 He sent yet another, and they killed him. He sent many others as well; some they beat, and others they killed. 6 Finally, he had one left: a beloved son. He sent him last of all, saying, 'They will respect my son.' 7 But those farmers said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' 8 So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. 9 What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those farmers, and give the vineyard to others.
  • Luke 20:9-9 : 9 Then he began to tell the people this parable: 'A man planted a vineyard, leased it to some farmers, and went away for a long time. 10 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 He proceeded to send another servant, but they also beat him, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 Then he sent a third one, but they wounded him also and threw him out. 13 Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.' 14 But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Let’s kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.' 15 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?' 16 He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others. When they heard this, they said, 'May it never happen!'
  • Deut 32:32-33 : 32 Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are poisonous, and their clusters are bitter. 33 Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
  • Isa 44:23 : 23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout, O depths of the earth! Burst into song, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and displays his glory in Israel.
  • Song 2:13 : 13 The fig tree ripens its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
  • Song 2:15 : 15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.
  • Song 6:11 : 11 I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
  • Song 7:12 : 12 Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields; let us lodge in the villages.
  • Song 8:11-12 : 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers; each one was to bring a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit. 12 My vineyard, which belongs to me, is before me. The thousand pieces of silver are for you, Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.

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    7But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and abundant feathers. And behold, the vine bent its roots toward it and stretched its branches toward the eagle to be watered from the surrounding garden.

    8It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

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    3Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard.

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