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Ezekiel 15:2
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英語原文
The vine ... - The image is grounded on a well-known figure Psalm 80:8; Isaiah 5. The comparison is not between the vine and other trees, but between the wood of the vine and the wood of other trees.
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Ezekiel 15:4
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看哪，它被抛在火中 - 这木头本身对任何用途都毫无用处；但若它已被抛进火里，烧去了一半，那时它又有什么用处呢？
英語原文
Behold, it is cast into the fire - The wood is in itself useless for any purpose; but what if it have been cast into the fire, and half burned, what of it then?
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Ezekiel 15:7
简体中文
他们要从火中出来…… - 不如译作「他们已经从火中出来，火却必吞灭他们」。这里描绘的是百姓的境况。以色列民——无论是整体，还是分开的两国——已经变得毫无价值。从活树上折下的枝子确实已被丢进火里，火吞灭了它的两端；所剩下的，不过是从火中抽出来的一根柴。逃脱了普遍灾祸的人，也被留待同样的命运。参 John 15:6。
英語原文
They shall go out ... - Rather, they have gone forth from the fire, and the fire shall devour them. The condition of the people is here depicted. The people of Israel - as a whole and as separate kingdoms - had become worthless. The branch torn from the living stem had truly been cast into the fire, which had devoured both ends of it; what remained was a brand plucked from the burning. Those who had escaped the general calamity were reserved for a like fate. Compare John 15:6.
葡萄树…… - 这比喻建立在一个广为人知的形像之上（Psalm 80:8;Isaiah 5）。比较的不是葡萄树与其他树木,而是葡萄树的木头与其他树木的木头。