Ezekiel 15:1-6

Parable of the Useless Vine

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1} Then the word of the Lord came to me: ^{Tools
2} “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine,^(A) that branch among the trees of the forest, compare to any other wood? ^{Tools
3} Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on? ^{Tools
4} In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel.^(B) The fire devours both of its ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything? ^{Tools
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!

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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.

Cross references:

A. Ezekiel 15:2: Psalm 80:8-16; Isaiah 5:1-7

B. Ezekiel 15:4: John 15:6