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Eze 15:1-8.
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Eze 15:1-8.
THE WORTHLESSNESS OF THE VINE AS WOOD ESPECIALLY WHEN BURNT, IS THE IMAGE OF THE WORTHLESSNESS AND GUILT OF THE JEWS, WHO SHALL PASS FROM ONE FIRE TO ANOTHER.
This chapter represents, in the way of a brief introduction, what the sixteenth chapter details minutely.
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2, 3. 葡萄树的木头有什么能使它超越其他林木呢？毫无。甚至恰恰相反。别的树能提供有用的木材，葡萄树木质松软、脆弱、扭曲，又少有粗大的；连东方屋内用来悬挂家用器物的大“木钉”
(Isa 22:23-25)
也不能用它制作。它唯一的优点就是结果子；当它不结果子时，不仅不比别的树好，反而更差：照样，神的百姓若因不结出义的果子而失去其特有的优点，就比属世的人更无益
(De 32:32)，
因为他们就是那葡萄树；他们存在的唯一目的，就是结果子荣耀祂
(Ps 80:8, 9; Isa 5:1，
等等；Jer 2:21; Ho 10:1; Mt 21:33)。
除了他们是神所栽种的之外，犹太人在各方面——如历史之久、疆域之广、资源之多、军力之强、艺术科学上的成就——都不如埃及、巴比伦等其他民族。
**或比一根枝子——更恰当的译法是与“葡萄树”同位语，省去“或比”。葡萄树若不过是林中众树里的一根枝子（即因没有果子而被砍下，与别的树木的木头一同横陈），还有什么优越性呢？
英語原文
2, 3. What has the vine-wood to make it pre-eminent above other forest-wood? Nothing. Nay, the reverse. Other trees yield useful timber, but vine-wood is soft, brittle, crooked, and seldom large; not so much as a "pin" (the large wooden peg used inside houses in the East to hang household articles on,
Isa 22:23-25)
can be made of it. Its sole excellency is that it should bear fruit; when it does not bear fruit, it is not only not better, but inferior to other trees: so if God's people lose their distinctive excellency by not bearing fruits of righteousness, they are more unprofitable than the worldly
(De 32:32),
for they are the vine; the sole end of their being is to bear fruit to His glory
(Ps 80:8, 9; Isa 5:1, &c.; Jer 2:21; Ho 10:1; Mt 21:33).
In all respects, except in their being planted by God, the Jews were inferior to other nations, as Egypt, Babylon, &c., for example, in antiquity, extent of territory, resources, military power, attainments in arts and sciences.
or than a branch--rather, in apposition with "the vine tree." Omit "or than." What superiority has the vine if it be but a branch among the trees of the forest, that is, if, as having no fruit, it lies cut down among other woods of trees?
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4. 扔在……火中——
(Joh 15:6)。
两端——北国已被提革拉毗列色治下的亚述倾覆；南国则受埃及压迫
(2Ki 23:29-35)。
中间也已烧着——更恰当的译法是“正在燃烧”；即耶路撒冷，因尼布甲尼撒的攻击如今已燃起火头。
还宜于做什么工用吗——“它”，即仍存留的焦黑部分。
英語原文
4. cast into . . . fire--
(Joh 15:6).
both the ends--the north kingdom having been already overturned by Assyria under Tiglath-pileser; the south being pressed on by Egypt
(2Ki 23:29-35).
midst of it is burned--rather, "is on flame"; namely, Jerusalem, which had now caught the flame by the attack of Nebuchadnezzar.
Is it meet for any work--"it," that is, the scorched part still remaining.
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5. 以前既已无用，几乎全被烧尽之后更无用。
英語原文
5. If useless before, much more so when almost wholly burnt.
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6. 这样，我也要将耶路撒冷的居民交出去，因他们全无用处
(Mt 21:33-41; 25:30; Mr 11:12-14; Lu 13:6-9)，
未能成就神要他们在列国面前为耶和华作见证的心意
(Mt 3:10; 5:13)。
英語原文
6. So will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as being utterly unprofitable
(Mt 21:33-41; 25:30; Mr 11:12-14; Lu 13:6-9)
in answering God's design that they should be witnesses for Jehovah before the heathen
(Mt 3:10; 5:13).
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7. 我必向他们变脸——（见
Le 17:10)。
从这一火……那一火——（比较
Isa 24:18)。
“火”在此指各样灾祸
(Ps 66:12)。
逃亡的犹太人虽躲过耶路撒冷的毁灭，却要陷入别的灾祸之中。
英語原文
7. And I will set my face against them--(See on
Le 17:10).
from one fire . . . another--(Compare
Isa 24:18).
"Fire" means here every kind of calamity
(Ps 66:12).
The Jewish fugitives shall escape from the ruin of Jerusalem, only to fall into some other calamity.
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8. 过犯（trespass）——更作“他们乖谬地陷入乖谬的背叛”。犹太人不像别国那样只是罪人，更是叛徒与背道者。忽略自己所不知道的事是一回事，藐视自己宣称敬拜的对象却完全是另一回事[JEROME]，正如犹太人对神和律法所行的那样。
英語原文
8. trespass--rather, "they have perversely fallen into perverse rebellion." The Jews were not merely sinners as the other nations, but revolters and apostates. It is one thing to neglect what we know not, but quite another thing to despise what we profess to worship [JEROME], as the Jews did towards God and the law.
Eze 15:1-8。
葡萄树作为木料的无用、尤其是被烧之后的无用，正是犹太人无用与有罪的写照；他们必从这一火转入那一火。
本章以简短的引言形式，呈现了第十六章所详述的内容。