Ezekiel 15 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

The Outcast Vine

Jerusalem Like a Useless Vine

Eze 15:1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

Eze 15:2“Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Eze 15:3

Eze 15:3“Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang any vessel on?

Eze 15:4

Eze 15:4“Instead, it is thrown into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and its middle is burned. Is it useful for any work?

Eze 15:5

Eze 15:5“Indeed, when it was whole, no object could be made from it. How much less will it be useful for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?

Eze 15:6

Eze 15:6“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 I will give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

Eze 15:7

Eze 15:7‘and I will set My face against them. They will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour them. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set My face against them.

Eze 15:8

Eze 15:8‘Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,’ says the Lord GOD.”

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