Ezekiel 15 JPS Tanakh (1917)
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
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- Numbers like (22-2) in the text give the Hebrew verse numbering where it differs.
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
1 Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
2 'Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine branch which grew up among the trees of the forest?
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 Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
3 Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?
4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is singed; is it profitable 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 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work; how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is singed, shall it yet be meet for any work?
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 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so do I give the inhabitants 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 I will set My face against them; out of the fire are they come forth, and the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set My face 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 desolate, because they have acted treacherously, saith the Lord GOD.'
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
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