Ezechiel

Chapter 15

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    Word came to me from the Lord:

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    So much timber in the forest, son of man! And what of the vine that grows wild there?

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    What avails the wood of it for any manner of craftsmanship? Who will use it to make so much as a peg that pot or pan should hang from?

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    And now it has been thrown away to feed the fire; now either end is burnt up altogether, and the middle of it no better than charcoal; of what use is it now,

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    that use had none even when it was whole? Half burned away, half scorched, here is right unserviceable timber!

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    And I, the Lord says, that destined yonder wild vine to feed the oven, have decreed for the citizens of Jerusalem no other destiny.

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    My frown shall meet them yet; if they have escaped the fire, it is to be consumed by fire anew. Under my frown, they shall learn what manner of God I am;

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    their land all pathless and desolate, for their guilt’s rewarding, says the Lord God.