EZEKIEL 15

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Jerusalem as a Useless Vine

   1 The word of the LORD came to me:   2 "Son of

man, how is the wood of a vine different from

that of a branch from any of the trees in the

forest?   3 Is wood ever taken from it to make

anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to

hang things on?   4 And after it is thrown on the

fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and

chars the middle, is it then useful for

anything?   5 If it was not useful for anything

when it was whole, how much less can it be

made into something useful when the fire has

burned it and it is charred?

   6 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD

says: As I have given the wood of the vine

among the trees of the forest as fuel for the

fire, so will I treat the people living in

Jerusalem.   7 I will set my face against them.

Aithough they have come out of the fire, the

fire will yet consume them. And when I set my

face against them, you will know that I am the

LORD.   8 I will make the land desolate because

they have been unfaithful, declares the

Sovereign LORD."