3
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.
5
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 .
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And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
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.