Ezekiel 15:1-6
Jerusalem like a Useless Vine
1 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, how is the wood of the (A)vine better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
3 Can wood be taken from it to make (a)anything, or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?
4 (b)If it has been put into the (B)fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for (c)anything?
5 Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into (d)anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into (e)anything!
6 Therefore, thus says the Lord (f)God, ‘As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
Footnotes:
a.
Ezekiel 15:3: ['Lit ', a work]
b.
Ezekiel 15:4: ['Or ', Behold]
c.
Ezekiel 15:4: ['Lit ', a work]
d.
Ezekiel 15:5: ['Lit ', a work]
e.
Ezekiel 15:5: ['Lit ', a work]
f.
Ezekiel 15:6: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord, ', and so throughout the ch']