﻿Ezekiel.
Chapter 15.
The word of the LORD came to me: 
“Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood—the vine branch among the trees of the forest? 
Is wood taken from it to make anything? Is even a peg taken from it to hang any utensil on? 
Look, it is given to the fire as fuel. The fire has consumed both its ends, and its middle is charred. Is it useful for any work? 
When it was whole, nothing could be made from it. How much less can anything be made from it when the fire has consumed it and it is charred! 
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 have given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 
I will set my face against them. They have come out of the fire, but the fire will consume them. You will know that I am the LORD when I set my face against them. 
I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the Lord GOD.” 
