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Son of man, What is the vinetree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
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Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
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Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the firedevourethboth the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
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Behold, when it was whole, it was meet[a] for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?
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Therefore thus saith the LordGOD; As the vinetree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
The destruction of Jerusalem is again prophesied of in this chapter, and is set forth under the simile of a vine tree, which, for its uselessness, is committed to the fire. The simile is in Eze 15:1-5; the application of it in Eze 15:6-8.