{"book":"Ezekiel","slug":"ezekiel","ch":15,"genre":"prose","sub":"Ezekiel","prev":"ezekiel/14","next":"ezekiel/16","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,","f":[],"h":"Jerusalem the Useless Vine","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any [other] branch among the trees in the forest?","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"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 for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I [am] the LORD.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”","f":[],"style":"reg"}]}