• Jerusalem like a Useless Vine

  • 1 Then the word of the Lord 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 even a peg be taken from it on which to hang any utensil?
  • 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 good 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, this is what the Lord God says: ‘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 set My face against them. Though they have come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them.
  • 8 So I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’” declares the Lord God.