Ezekiel
Chapter 15
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And the word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
of
Jehovah/God came unto me, saying, 2
"Son
of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree,
or
than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 3
Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work?
Or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 4
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel.
The
fire devours both the ends of it,
and
the middle of it is burned.
Is it meet for any work? 5
Behold,
when it was whole,
it
was meet for no work.
How
much less shall it be meet yet for any work,
when
the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?"
6-8``
Therefore thus said the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah,
"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. 7``
And I will set My face against them.
They
shall go out from one fire,
and
another fire shall devour them.
And
you shall know that I am Jehovah/God . . .
when
I set my face against them. 8``
And
I will make the land desolate,
because
they have committed a trespass,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay God/Jehovah.
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