Ezekiel 15
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1Then this message came to me from the LORD:1Then the word of the LORD came to me:
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, that branch among the trees of the forest, compare to any other wood?
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 anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?
4No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.4In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel. The fire devours both of its 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 into a useful object. How much less can it ever be made into anything useful when the fire has devoured it and it is charred!"
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 as fuel, so I will give up the residents 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.7I will turn against them. They may have escaped from the fire, but it will still consume them. And you will know that I am the LORD when I turn against them.
8And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”8I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully." This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 14
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