Ezekiel 15
1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
And thee word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
2 “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
Sonne of man, what commeth of the vine tree aboue all other trees? and of the vine braunch, which is among the trees of ye forest?
3 Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?
Shall wood bee taken thereof to doe any worke? or wil men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
4 No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
Behold, it is cast in the fire to be consumed: the fire consumeth both the endes of it, and the middes of it is burnt. Is it meete for any worke?
5 Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
Behold, when it was whole, it was meete for no worke: how much lesse shall it bee meete for any worke, when the fire hath consumed it, and it is burnt?
6 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.
Therefore thus sayth the Lord God, As the vine tree, that is among the trees of the forest, which I haue giuen to the fire to be consumed, so will I giue the inhabitants of Ierusalem.
7 And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall consume them: and ye shall know, that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them,
8 Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
And when I make the lande waste, because they haue greatly offended, saith the Lord God.
