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Ezekiel 15

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¹ Then this message came to me from the LORD:

² “Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine’s wood as useful as the wood of a tree?

³ Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?

⁴ No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.

⁵ Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!

⁶ “And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.

⁷ And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the LORD.

⁸ And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

#	NLT
1	Then this message came to me from the LORD:
2	“Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine’s wood as useful as the wood of a tree?
3	Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?
4	No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.
5	Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!
6	“And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.
7	And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
8	And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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