Ezechiel 15

¹And the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:

²Son of man, what shall be made of the wood of the vine of all the trees of the woods, that are among the trees of the forests?

³Shall there be taken wood of it, that a work may be made, or shall a pin be made thereof, that any vessel may hang thereon?

⁴Behold it is given to the fire for food: the fire hath consumed both parts thereof, and the midst thereof is brought into ashes: why, shall it be profitable for a work?

⁵Yea when it was whole, it was not fit for a work: how much more when the fire hath devoured, and burnt it, shall no work be made thereof?

⁶Therefore thus saith our Lord God: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forests, which I have given to the fire to be devoured, so will I deliver the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

⁷And I will set my face against them: out of the fire shall they come forth, and fire shall consume them: and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall set my face against them,

⁸and shall make their land not passable, and desolate, because they have been prevaricators, saith our Lord God.