Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into [a]anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into [b]anything! Therefore, this is what the Lord [c]God says: ‘As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I (A)set My face against them. Though they have (B)come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 15:5 Lit a work
  2. Ezekiel 15:5 Lit a work
  3. Ezekiel 15:6 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?

“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem. I will set my face against(A) them. Although they have come out of the fire(B), the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the Lord.(C)

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