> [[ezekiel-14|← Previous]] | [[ezekiel-00|TOC]] | [[ezekiel-16|Next →]] --- # Ezekiel, Chapter 15 ## Chapter 15 **Parable of the Vine.** 1 The word of the LORD came to me: ^ezekiel-15-1 2 Son of man, ^ezekiel-15-2 what makes the wood of the vine Better than the wood of branches found on the trees in the forest? 3 Can wood be taken from it ^ezekiel-15-3 to make something useful? Can someone make even a peg out of it on which to hang a vessel? 4 Of course not! If it is fed to the fire for fuel, ^ezekiel-15-4 and the fire devours both ends of it, Leaving the middle charred, is it useful for anything then? 5 Even when it is whole ^ezekiel-15-5 it cannot be used for anything; So when fire has devoured and charred it, how useful can it be? 6 Therefore, thus says the Lord G OD: ^ezekiel-15-6 Like vine wood among forest trees, which I have given as fuel for fire, So I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 7 I will set my face against them: ^ezekiel-15-7 Although they have escaped the fire, the fire will still devour them; You shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. 8 Yes, I will make the land desolate, ^ezekiel-15-8 because they are so unfaithful— oracle of the Lord G OD. \* (15:1] – [8) Verses [2] – [5] point out that the wood of the vinestock may be burned for fuel, fit only for destruction. In vv. [6] – [8] Ezekiel asserts that Jerusalem has the same destiny. a. (15:2) cf. [Ps 80]; [Is 5:1] – [7]. b. (15:7) [[isaiah-24|Is 24]]:18; [Am 9:1] – [4]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[ezekiel-14|← Previous]] | [[ezekiel-00|TOC]] | [[ezekiel-16|Next →]]