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| | Eze 15:1 | The word of the LORD came to me:
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| | Eze 15:2 | "Son of man, how is the wood of a vine better than that of a branch on any of the trees in the forest?
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| | Eze 15:3 | Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?
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| | Eze 15:4 | And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?
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| | Eze 15:5 | If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?
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| | Eze 15:6 | "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem.
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| | Eze 15:7 | I will set my face against them. Although they have come out of the fire, the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
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| | Eze 15:8 | I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD."
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