Ezekiel 15

¹ And the word of the Lord came to me:

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 ?

³ Is wood taken from it to make anything ? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it?

⁴ Behold , 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 ?

⁵ Behold , 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 !

⁶ Therefore 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 .

⁷ And 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.

⁸ And I will make the land desolate , because they have acted faithlessly , declares the Lord God .

¹ The word of the Lord came to me:

² “Son of man, how is the wood of a vine different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest?

³ Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?

⁴ And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?

⁵ If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?

⁶ “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem.

⁷ I will set my face against them. Although they have come out of the fire, the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the Lord.

⁸ I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

¹ And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

² Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

³ Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

⁴ Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

⁵ Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work : how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

⁶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

⁷ And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

⁸ And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God. Ezekiel 14 Books Ezekiel 16