Ezekiel 15
The Useless Vine
1 The word of the LORD came to me:
2
O mortal, how does the wood of the vine surpass all other wood—
the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?
3
Is wood taken from it to make anything?
Does one take a peg from it on which to hang any object?
4
It is put in the fire for fuel;
when the fire has consumed both ends of it
and the middle of it is charred,
is it useful for anything?
5
When it was whole it was used for nothing;
how much less—when the fire has consumed it,
and it is charred—
can it ever be used for anything!
6 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 I will set my face against them; although they escape from the fire, the fire shall still consume them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, says the Lord GOD.
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