Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 15:3
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
3. Uselessness of the wood of the vine.
to do any work ] i.e. use for any work or purpose. The words may mean, to make it into any work or article of workmanship. It has too little firmness even to be made into a pin to hang any article upon.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Is there one good piece of timber in the whole vine fit for building a house, or ship, as there is in the oak, elm, or other wild forest trees? Will it furnish the husbandman or soldier, or seaman with fit materials for their use, in peace, war, or sea? Will it afford a pin to drive into a wall or post, on which you may safely fasten any weight? It is so weak that it is useless as to this.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work?…. The carpenter and joiner, the house or ship builder, are employed in; as to build houses of, make beams, rafters, floors, c. build ships with, make masts of, c. or any vessel or utensil for the use of man? it never is it is not fit for any such purpose. Pliny d speaks of some rarities made of the wood of vines, but not things of common use and these not of any vines, but of some peculiar ones, favoured by the air and soil
or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? it is not fit to make a peg of to hang a hat on; and much less for anything that requires more strength.
d Nat. Hist. l. 14. c. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Eze 15:3. Shall wood be taken thereof It is observable, that the wood of the vine is of no use in building, or in making any piece of furniture or domestic utensil. Bishop Lowth observes, that it is the chief excellence of a parable to consist of an image which is known and proper to the subject, and whose end is plain and determined by custom; the necessary consequence of which is perspicuity, wherein the chief beauty of an allegory consists. The prophets frequently make use of this kind of images, by way of comparison or illustration; and this of the useless vine, by which these ungrateful people are more than once described, is an image of this sort. See his 10th Prelection.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Eze 15:3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will [men] take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Ver. 3. Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? ] No, hardly. It is good for nothing; no, not so much as to make a pin or a peg of to hang a hat or bridle on, because it is a sappy and brittle wood. Think the same of that empty vine, the profligate professor, being abominable, disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. Tit 1:16
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
pin = peg.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jer 24:8, Mat 5:13, Mar 9:50, Luk 14:34, Luk 14:35
Reciprocal: Isa 22:24 – vessels of small Isa 30:14 – so that Jer 13:7 – it was Joh 15:6 – he
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 15:3. A vine at its best is not tit for any substantial use such as a piece of furniture for supporting the vessels of household living. In this sense it is less important than the regular trees, because they would furnish material that could be made into strong utility racks.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Vine wood was not good for making much of anything because it was too soft, weak, and crooked. It was not even good for making a peg on which to hang a vessel because it was so weak. It was only good for producing grapes. If vine wood was naturally of so little value, it was of even less value when charred by fire.