Ezekiel 15:2

What is the vine tree? In chapter 14 the prophet has declared that God will not spare Jerusalem for the sake of the few righteous therein. Now he sweeps away another refuge in which the people apparently trusted. His parable teaches that Israel has no native superiority over other nations. The people are not to rest their confidence in the fact that they have been especially elected by God, for they are no longer a true vine, but mere wood, the most useless of all wood, fit only for fuel. The Scriptures frequently compare Israel to a vine or to a vineyard (see Psalm 80:8-16; Isaiah 5:1-7; Jeremiah 2:21; Hosea 10:1; Matthew 21:33-41; etc.). Some commentators think a wild vine is here represented.