The Worthless Vine
Ezekiel 15, verse 1. Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Ezekiel 15, verse 2. “Son of man, of all the wood of the branches in the forest, what would be made from the wood of the vine? Ezekiel 15, verse 3. Would they take wood from it to make something for profit? Would they take a peg from it on which to hang some object? Ezekiel 15, verse 4. It is only thrown into the fire to be consumed, for the fire consumes what is pruned from it each year; thus nothing is left. So will it be useful for profit? Ezekiel 15, verse 5. Not even while it was whole would it be useful for profit. How much less useful would it be once the fire devoured it? Ezekiel 15, verse 6. “Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I give to the fire to be consumed, so I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem; Ezekiel 15, verse 7. and I shall set My face against them. They will get away from the fire, yet fire will devour them. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them. Ezekiel 15, verse 8. Thus I shall give the land over to ruin, because they utterly transgressed,’ says the Lord.”