EzekielChapter 15

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¹Then the word of the LORD came to me. He said, ²"Son of man, is the wood of a vine any better than a branch from any tree in the forest? ³Can its wood be used to make anything useful? Can someone even make a peg from it to hang pots and tools on? ⁴No, it is thrown into the fire to burn. The fire burns up both ends, and the middle is blackened. Is it good for anything now? ⁵Even when it was whole, nothing useful could be made from it. So it is even less useful now that the fire has burned it and blackened it! ⁶So this is what the Lord GOD says: 'The wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest. I have given it to the fire to burn. In the same way, I will give up the people of Jerusalem. ⁷I will turn my face against them. They may have escaped from the fire, but another fire will burn them up. When I turn my face against them, you will know that I am the LORD. ⁸I will make the land empty and ruined, because they have been unfaithful,' says the Lord GOD."