Ezekiel 15
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1Then this message came to me from the LORD:1The 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, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?
3Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?3Can wood be taken from it to make anything 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.4No! It is thrown in the fire for fuel; when the fire has burned up both ends of it and it is charred in the middle, will it be useful for anything?
5Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!5Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up 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.6"Therefore, this is what the sovereign LORD says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire--so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem as fuel.
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 set my face against them--although they have escaped from the fire, the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face 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, declares the sovereign LORD."
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