Ezekiel 15

Jerusalem as a Useless Vine

1 The word of the LORD came to me:
2 “Son of man, how is the wood of a vine different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest?
3 Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?
4 And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?
5 If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?
6 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem.
7 I will set my face against them. Although they have come out of the fire, the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
8 I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

Cross References 10

  • 1. Psalms 80:8-16; Isaiah 5:1-7; Isaiah 27:2-6; Jeremiah 2:21; Hosea 10:1; S John 15:2
  • 2. Jeremiah 13:10
  • 3. S Isaiah 22:23
  • 4. Ezekiel 17:3-10; Ezekiel 19:14; John 15:6
  • 5. S Leviticus 26:17; Psalms 34:16; Ezekiel 14:8
  • 6. S Ezekiel 5:2
  • 7. S Ezekiel 5:4
  • 8. Isaiah 24:18; Amos 9:1-4
  • 9. S Ezekiel 14:13
  • 10. Ezekiel 17:20; Ezekiel 18:24

Ezekiel 15 Commentaries

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