Ezekiel 15

And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ²Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than ^aa branch which is among the trees of the forest? ³Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take ^ba pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? ⁴Behold, ^cit is ^dcast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burnt. Is it meet for any work? ⁵Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: ^ehow much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? ⁶Therefore thus saith the Lord God; ^fAs 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. And ^gI will set my face against them; ^hthey shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; ⁱand ye shall know that I am the Lord, ^gwhen I set my face against them. ⁸And ^kI will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God.

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