Ezekiel

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The LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? See also: Hosea 10:1 Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalms 80:8-16Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it? See also: Luke 14:34-35 Jeremiah 24:8 Mark 9:50Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work? See also: John 15:6 Isaiah 27:11 Psalms 80:16Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?” See also: Jeremiah 3:16Therefore the Lord GOD says: “As the vine wood among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. See also: Ezekiel 17:3-10 Jeremiah 25:9-11 Isaiah 5:1-6I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. See also: Ezekiel 14:8 Isaiah 24:18 Amos 9:1-4I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,” says the Lord GOD. See also: Ezekiel 6:14 Zephaniah 1:18 Ezekiel 17:20

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)4 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Ezekiel 15:2

This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.

Ver. 2. Wood. Small branches or tendrils. The vines of that country were probably small. C. ---

The wild vine (Sanct.) grows very large, and the wood is durable, so that statues, pillars, and ladders were formed of it. Pliny xiv. 1. --- Strabo (ii. and xi.) mentions the trunk of a vine which two men could hardly clasp, and the bunch of grapes was two cubits high. But the prophet speaks of the small branches, which are fit only for the fire. C. --- God's Church is often compared to a vine on account of its fruit, and the branches separated from her resemble the useless cuttings. S.

Aug. tr. lxxxi. in Jo. W. --- See Ward's Tree of Life, where this is set in a very striking light. In every age the Church makes fresh conquests, while heretics leave and persecute her. H.

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Ezekiel 15:3

Ver. 3. Thereon. Is. xxii. 23. C. --- The Turkish lords have no furniture in their rooms, but hang their arms, saddles, &c. upon such pins, or on strings. Roger.

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Ezekiel 15:4

Ver. 4. Ashes. It is not even solid enough for fuel. C. --- When a faggot is consumed in the middle, the ends are also put into the fire; so not one shall escape who dies out of the Church. W.

--- The wicked Jews shall surely suffer. v. 6. H.

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Ezekiel 15:7

Ver. 7. From fire. If they escape one misery they shall fall into another, as the event shewed. C.

--- They shall be thrown back into the fire. M.

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License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses

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