Ezekiel 15
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Ezekiel 15
The Useless Vine
1The word of the LORD came to me:
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Isa 5.1–7; Jer 2.21; Hos 10.1 O mortal, how does the wood of the vine surpass all other wood,
the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest?
3Is wood taken from it to make anything?
Does one take a peg from it on which to hang any object?
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v 6
; Ezek 19.14; Jn 15.6It is put in 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?
5When 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!
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v 2
; Ezek 17.3–10Therefore 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 I will give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7#Lev 17.10; Isa 24.18; Ezek 6.7; 7.4; 14.8I will set my face against them; although they escape from the fire, the fire shall still consume them, and you shall know that I am the LORD when I set my face against them. 8#Ezek 14.13And I will make the land desolate because they have acted faithlessly, says the Lord GOD.
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