Ezekiel · World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Ezekiel 15 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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1 The LORD’s word came to 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 is amongst 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 Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?
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 has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burnt. 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 suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burnt, will it yet be suitable 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 the Lord GOD says: “As the vine wood amongst the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will 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 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 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 I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,” says 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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