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“Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine’s wood as useful as the wood of a tree?
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Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?
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No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.
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Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!
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“And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.
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And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the LORD .
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.