John 15 also shares broad themes with Ezekiel’s vine images. John’s judgment on the fruitless branches has strong verbal parallels with the judgment on Jerusalem in Ezekiel 15, and the themes of the two images resonate as well. The main point of Ezekiel 15 is that the faithlessness of Jerusalem (Ezek. 15:8) has resulted in worthlessness and therefore judgment (Ezek. 15:4–6). In John 15, the judged branches fail to abide in Jesus (faithlessness) and thus produce no fruit (worthlessness) and are judged.
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