1 The word of Yahweh 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?
3 Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?
5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!
6 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.
8 I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord Yahweh.
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Today's Verse
And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Verse Of The DayJerusalem, the LORD says, is exactly that vine wood, already charred at both ends and now given wholly to the fire (v6), the same fate pronounced against her people in Ezekiel 14:8. A far longer allegory of unfaithful Jerusalem follows in Ezekiel 16.
