• Is Jerusalem Useful for Anything?

  • 1 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
  • 2 “Son of man, how is the wood of the vine 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, or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel?
  • 4 If it has been put into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends, and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for anything?
  • 5 Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into anything!
  • 6 Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘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 will give My face to be against them. Though they have come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set My face against them.
  • 8 Thus I will give over the land to desolation because they have acted unfaithfully,’” declares Lord Yahweh.