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Book of Ezekiel	Click Verse Reference for Study Notes
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Search for Books & Bibles: Jerusalem like a Useless Vine 1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 "Son of man, how is the wood of the vine R407 better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3 "Can wood be taken from it to make anything, F158 or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel? 4 "If F159 it has been put into the fire R408 for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for anything? F160 5 "Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into anything. F161 How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into anything! F161 6 "Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD F162 , `As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 7 and I set R409 My face against them. Though they have come R410 out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set My face against them. 8 `Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted R411 unfaithfully,' " declares the Lord GOD.
FOOTNOTES: F158: Lit a work F159: Or Behold F160: Lit a work F161: Lit a work F162: Hebrew YHWH, usually rendered L\ORD/, and so throughout the ch
CROSS REFERENCES: R407: Psalms 80:8-16; Isaiah 5:1-7; Hosea 10:1 R408: Isaiah 27:11; Ezekiel 15:6; 19:14 R409: Leviticus 26:17; Psalms 34:16; Jeremiah 21:10; Ezekiel 14:8 R410: 1 Kings 19:17; Isaiah 24:18; Amos 9:1-4 R411: Ezekiel 14:13; 17:20

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