Ezekiel 15

Jerusalem like a Useless Vine

1Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

2“Son of man, how is the wood of the 1vine better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

3Can wood be taken from it to make 2anything, or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?

43If it has been put into the 4fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for 5anything?

5Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into 6anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into 7anything!

6Therefore, thus says the Lord 8God, ‘As 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;

7and I 9set My face against them. Though they have 10come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them.

8Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have 11acted unfaithfully,’” declares the Lord God.