15Ezekiel 15

Jerusalem Is a Useless Vine

1Some time later, the Lord said:Select Ezekiel 15:1

2Ezekiel, son of man, what happens to the wood of a grapevine after the grapes have been picked? It isn't like other trees in the forest,Select Ezekiel 15:2

3because the wood of a grapevine can't be used to make anything, not even a small peg to hang things on.Select Ezekiel 15:3

4It can only be used as firewood. But after its ends are burnt and its middle is charred, it can't be used for anything.Select Ezekiel 15:4

5The wood is useless before it is burned, and afterwards, it is completely worthless.Select Ezekiel 15:5

6I, the Lord God, promise that just as the wood of a grapevine is burned as firewood,Select Ezekiel 15:6

7I will punish the people of Jerusalem with fire. Some of them have escaped one destruction, but soon they will be completely burned. And when that happens, you, Ezekiel, will know that I am the Lord.Select Ezekiel 15:7

8I will make their country an empty wasteland, because they have not been loyal to me. I, the Lord God, have spoken.Select Ezekiel 15:8