Ezekiel 15
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1This message came to me from the LORD: 1Then the word of the LORD came to me:
2"Son of Man, how does wood from a vine compare to a branch taken from any of the trees in the forest? 2"Son of man, how does the wood of the vine, that branch among the trees of the forest, compare to any other wood?
3Is wood ever taken from it to make anything practical? Can it even be made into a peg to hang something on? 3Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?
4After all, it's useful only for kindling a fire, isn't it? And once you've burnt up the ends and charred through the middle of it, is it useful for anything else? 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?
5If it was useless before it was burned, now that it's been burned and charred through, it's even more useless!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!"
6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Just as the wood from a grape vine is removed from the forest and used for kindling fires, I'm giving the inhabitants of Jerusalem over 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.
7to punishment. They may have escaped one fire, but the coming fire will burn them up completely, and they will know that I am the LORD, when I set myself in opposition to them 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 dedicate the land to desolation because of their unfaithful unbelief," declares the Lord GOD.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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