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Ezekiel 15

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1Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,

2Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?

3Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?

4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?

5Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!

6Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7I will set my face against them; they shall go out from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.

8I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord Yahweh.

Commentary

15:1-8 Jerusalem like an unfruitful vine. - If a vine be fruitful, it is valuable. But if not fruitful, it is worthless and useless, it is cast into the fire. Thus man is capable of yielding a precious fruit, in living to God; this is the sole end of his existence; and if he fails in this, he is of no use but to be destroyed. What blindness then attaches to those who live in the total neglect of God and of true religion! This similitude is applied to Jerusalem. Let us beware of an unfruitful profession. Let us come to Christ, and seek to abide in him, and to have his words abide in us.

15:2 The vine - tree - Israel is here compared to a vine, which, when fruitless, is utterly unprofitable. This the prophet minds them of to humble them, and awaken them to fruitfulness. A branch - One branch of a tree in the forest is of more use than the whole vine - tree is, except for its fruit.

2, 3. What has the vine-wood to make it pre-eminent above other forest-wood? Nothing. Nay, the reverse.

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AMHEVG የእግዚአብሔርም ቃል ወደ እኔ እንዲህ ሲል መጣ፦ አማርኛ ENGNIV The word of the Lord came to me: English BCV ከምዙይ ዝብል ቃል እግዚኣብሄር ድማ ናባይ መፀ፦ ትግርኛ GAZBIB Dubbiin Waaqayyoo ammas gara koo dhufee, Afaan Oromoo BCV GIZ ወነበበኒ እግዚአብሔር ወይቤለኒ፦ giz GAZGAZ Dubbiin Waaqayyoo ammas gara koo dhufee, Afaan Oromoo BCV aksum ከምዙይ ዝብል ቃል እግዚኣብሄር ድማ ናባይ መፀ፦ ትግርኛ AMHNIV የእግዚአብሔር ቃል እንዲህ ሲል ወደ እኔ መጣ፤ አማርኛ