Jerusalem, a Useless Vine
15 And the word of the Lord came to me: 2 (A)“Son of man, how does (B)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 (C)a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? 4 (D)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 (E)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: (F)Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, (G)which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 (H)And I will set my face against them. Though (I)they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, (J)and you will know that I am the Lord, (K)when I set my face against them. 8 (L)And I will make the land desolate, because (M)they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord God.”
Cross references
- Ezekiel 15:2 : See ch. 2:1
- Ezekiel 15:2 : See ver. 6
- Ezekiel 15:3 : [Isa. 22:23, 24]
- Ezekiel 15:4 : [John 15:6]
- Ezekiel 15:5 : [ver. 3]
- Ezekiel 15:6 : [ch. 17:6; Ps. 80:8; Isa. 5:1]; See ch. 19:10-14
- Ezekiel 15:6 : [See ver. 4 above]; [John 15:6]
- Ezekiel 15:7 : See ch. 14:8
- Ezekiel 15:7 : [2 Kgs. 25:9]
- Ezekiel 15:7 : See ch. 6:7
- Ezekiel 15:7 : See ch. 14:8
- Ezekiel 15:8 : ch. 6:14
- Ezekiel 15:8 : See ch. 14:13