1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the 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? 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? 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! 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. 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. 8 Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Ezekiel · Majority Standard Bible
Ezekiel 15 Majority Standard Bible
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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