'Branch' in the Bible

He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? Is it too slight a thing for the house of Judah to commit the repulsive acts which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and repeatedly provoked Me to anger? And behold, they are putting the branch to their nose.

“Son of man, how is the wood of the grapevine (Israel) better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?