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Ezekiel 15

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ Then the word of the LORD came to me:

² “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine, ⓐ that branch among the trees of the forest, compare to any other wood?

³ Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?

⁴ In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel. ⓑ The fire devours both of its ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

⁵ Even when it was whole it could not be made into a useful object. How much less can it ever be made into anything useful when the fire has devoured it and it is charred!

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 as fuel, so I will give up the residents of Jerusalem.

⁷ I will turn against them. ⓒ They may have escaped from the fire, but it will still consume them. ⓓ And you will know that I am Yahweh when I turn against them.

⁸ I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

#	HCSB
1	Then the word of the LORD came to me:
2	“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine, ⓐ that branch among the trees of the forest, compare to any other wood?
3	Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?
4	In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel. ⓑ The fire devours both of its ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
5	Even when it was whole it could not be made into a useful object. How much less can it ever be made into anything useful when the fire has devoured it and it is charred!
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 as fuel, so I will give up the residents of Jerusalem.
7	I will turn against them. ⓒ They may have escaped from the fire, but it will still consume them. ⓓ And you will know that I am Yahweh when I turn against them.
8	I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

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