Ezekiel · Bible in Basic English
Ezekiel 15 Bible in Basic English
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
2 Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any branching tree which is among the trees of the woods?
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 Will its wood be used for any work? do men make of it a pin for hanging any vessel on?
3 Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?
4 See, it is put into the fire for burning: the fire has made a meal of its two ends and the middle part of it is burned; is it good for any work?
4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work?
5 Truly, before it was cut down, it was not used for any purpose: how much less, when the fire has made a meal of it and it is burned, will it be made into anything?
5 Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?”
6 For this cause the Lord has said: Like the vine-tree among the trees of the woods which I have given to the fire for burning, so will I give the people of Jerusalem.
6 Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “As the vine wood among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
7 And my face will be turned against them; and though they have come out of the fire they will be burned up by it; and it will be clear to you that I am the Lord when my face is turned against them.
7 I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.
8 And I will make the land a waste because they have done evil, says the Lord.
8 I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,” says the Lord Yahweh.
Cross references (7)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Hosea 10:1; Isaiah 5:1–7; Psalm 80:8–16; Luke 20:9–16; Song of Songs 6:11
- 3 Luke 14:34–35; Mark 9:50; Jeremiah 24:8; Matthew 5:13
- 4 John 15:6; Psalm 80:16; Isaiah 27:11; Matthew 3:12; Isaiah 1:31
- 5 Jeremiah 3:16
- 6 Isaiah 5:1–6; Ezekiel 17:3–10; Jeremiah 21:7; Ezekiel 15:2; Isaiah 5:24–25
- 7 Ezekiel 14:8; Isaiah 24:18; Amos 9:1–4; Psalm 34:16; 1 Kings 19:17
- 8 Ezekiel 6:14; Ezekiel 14:13–21; Isaiah 6:11; Jeremiah 25:10–11; Zephaniah 1:18
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences