Ezekiel

Ezekiel 15 ©

3 By the unfitness of the vine branch for any work 6 is shewed the utter rejection of Jerusalem.

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AND the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

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Son of man, What is the avine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

a Is. 5.1,2,7. Ps. 80.8. Ho. 10.1. Je. 2.21. Mat. 21.33. Lu. 13.6-9. Jn. 15.6. 1Co. 4.7. Ps. 115.1.
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Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

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bBehold, it is cast into cthe fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. 1Is it *meet for any work?

b Jn. 15.6. He. 6.8.
c 2Ki. 24.2,11-16. Am. 4.11. Ps. 80.16.
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Behold, when it was whole, it was 2*meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned?

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¶Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; dAs 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.

d Is. 5.1-7,24,25. Ps. 80.8-16. Je. 4.7; 12.9-13; 21.7; 24.8,10; 25.9-11,18. ch. 20.47,48; 17.6; 19.10-14.
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And eI will set my face against them; fthey shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and gye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

e ch. 14.8. Je. 44.11. Le. 17.10; 20.3,6; 26.17. Ps. 34.16; 50.21,22.
f 1Ki. 19.17. Is. 24.18. Je. 48.43,44. Am. 5.18,19; 1.4,7,10,12,14. Je. 7.20.
g ch. 6.7; 7.4; 14.8; 20.38,42-44. Ps. 9.16; 58.11.
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And hI will make the land desolate, because they have 3committed a *trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

h ch. 14.13,15,17,19,21; 6.14; 7.2-15; 12.20. Lu. 13.6-9.