Ezekiel 15:2 References

2 "Son of man, how is the wood of the avine better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

a Psalms 80:8-16, Isaiah 5:1-7, Hosea 10:1

Psalms 80

8 You removed a avine from Egypt; You bdrove out the nations and cplanted it.
9 You acleared the ground before it, And it btook deep root and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its aboughs.
11 It was sending out its branches ato the sea And its shoots to the River.
12 Why have You abroken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?
13 A boar from the forest aeats it away And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.
14 O God of hosts, aturn again now, we beseech You; bLook down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
15 Even the ashoot which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.
16 It is aburned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the brebuke of Your countenance.

Isaiah 5

1 Let me sing now for my well-beloved A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard. My well-beloved had a avineyard on a fertile hill.
2 He dug it all around, removed its stones, And planted it with the achoicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it And also hewed out a wine vat in it; Then He bexpected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless ones.
3 "And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, aJudge between Me and My vineyard.
4 "aWhat more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones?
5 "So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard: I will aremove its hedge and it will be consumed; I will bbreak down its wall and it will become ctrampled ground.
6 "I will alay it waste; It will not be pruned or hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also charge the clouds to brain no rain on it."
7 For the avineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel And the men of Judah His delightful plant. Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bbloodshed; For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

Hosea 10

1 Israel is a luxuriant avine; He produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, The more altars he bmade; The richer his land, The better he made the sacred cpillars.