Ezekiel 15

1Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

2“Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?Cross-references: Deut 32:32 · Ps 80:8 · Song 2:13 · Song 2:15 · Song 6:11 · Song 7:12 · +11 more

3Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?Cross-references: Jer 24:8 · Matt 5:13 · Mark 9:50 · Luke 14:34

4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work?Cross-references: Ps 80:16 · Isa 1:31 · Isa 27:11 · Ezek 19:14 · Amos 4:11 · Mal 4:1 · +4 more

5Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?”Cross-references: Jer 3:16

6Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “As the vine wood among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.Cross-references: Isa 5:1 · Isa 5:24 · Jer 4:7 · Jer 7:20 · Jer 21:7 · Jer 24:8 · +7 more

7I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.Cross-references: Lev 17:10 · Lev 20:3 · Lev 26:17 · 1Ki 19:17 · Ps 9:16 · Ps 34:16 · +12 more

8I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,” says the Lord Yahweh.Cross-references: 2Chr 36:14 · Isa 6:11 · Isa 24:3 · Jer 25:10 · Ezek 6:14 · Ezek 14:13 · +3 more