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The Lord spoke a parable in which Israel is likened to a vine tree with the emphases laid on the lack of the vine being of any use to a carpenter. Useful only for the bearing of fruit. When being cast into the fire it becomes even less useful. The moral of the story is, that as the Lord created the vine tree for no other purpose, Israel was created by Him and for Him. They were the vine transplanted from Egypt. Ps. 80:8-9 Because of their trespasses the face of the Lord would be against the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Their judgments would be like going from one fire to another and the land would be made desolate. Eze. 15:1-8 Without Christ all branches (people) are pruned from the tree and cast into the fire. John 15:6 Jesus referred to this situation in His parable of the householder and the vine. Mt. 21:33-41.
The Word of the Lord came to Ezekiel with a rebuke for Jerusalem and a special history lesson reminding them of their origins. It was directed to the city of Jerusalem. Abraham, of whom they all were descendents, was an Amorite. Your mother, Sarah a Hittite. Eze. 16:1-3 A word to remind them that, aside from the Lord having called them unto Himself, they were exactly like the nations He drove out of the land before them. Ex. 33:2 The Lord was the one who set them apart from all others. In the Lord, there is no place for pride of race or family origin. We are all one in Christ. All members of one body.
The Word of the Lord pictures them as a new born abandoned immediately at the time of their birth. They were in an exceedingly pitiful condition, not having been cared for in a proper manner, but cast aside to die as a child totally unwanted. No one paid one iota of attention nor showed one ounce of pity toward them. But the Lord, had compassion upon them. Eze. 15:4-5 The Lord however saw their terrible circumstances and spoke life to them calling upon them to live and they lived to become a great nation. It is well to remember that they are the Old Testament people, adopted by the Lord. Rom. 9:4 While those who are New Testament saints have been brought to the Lord and made to be His sons and daughters, by the Spirit of adoption. Rom. 8:15 Born of the Spirit, filled with the Spirit and privileged to walk and live in the Spirit, if we will but surrender to His will. Actually, all are found as they were, wallowing in the vileness of sin and iniquity until, by His precious blood He redeemed us and freed us from the bondages of a wicked life. 1 Peter 1:18-19 There is no other possibility of obtaining life eternal but through the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the only way.