Ezekiel 15
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1The word of the LORD came to me:1This message came to me from the LORD:
2"Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine?2"Son of Man, how does wood from a vine compare to a branch taken from any of the trees in the forest?
3Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?3Is wood ever taken from it to make anything practical? Can it even be made into a peg to hang something on?
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?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?
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? 5If it was useless before it was burned, now that it's been burned and charred through, it's even more useless!
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.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
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.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
8I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign LORD." 8and dedicate the land to desolation because of their unfaithful unbelief," declares the Lord GOD.
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