Ezekiel 15
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1Then this message came to me from the LORD:1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2“Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine’s wood as useful as the wood of a tree?2“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
3Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?3Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?
4No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.4No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
5Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!5Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
6“And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘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 people of Jerusalem.
7And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the LORD.7And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
8And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”8Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
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