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Jerusalem — a Useless Vine
Then this message came to me from the LORD:
Then this message came to me from the LORD:
The Outcast Vine
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
“Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine’s wood as useful as the wood of a tree?
“Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?
Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang any vessel on?
No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.
Instead, it is thrown into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and its middle is burned. Is it useful for any work?
Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!
Indeed, when it was whole, no object could be made from it. How much less will it be useful for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?
“And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.
“Therefore thus says the Lord God: ‘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 inhabitants of Jerusalem;
And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
and I will set My face against them. They will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour them. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them.