Ezekiel 15
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1This message came to me from the LORD: 1And 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 surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?
3Is wood ever taken from it to make anything practical? Can it even be made into a peg to hang something on? 3Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it?
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? 4Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it 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!5Behold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything!
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 thus says the Lord GOD: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants 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 7And I will set my face against them. Though they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, and you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.
8and dedicate the land to desolation because of their unfaithful unbelief," declares the Lord GOD.8And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord GOD.”
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