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                    Jerusalem as a Useless Vine  
                     
                    
                    15:1  And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 
                    15:2  Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, 
                    or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 
                    15:3  Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will 
                    men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? 
                    15:4  Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire 
                    devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is 
                    burned. Is it meet for any work? 
                    15:5  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 hath devoured it, and it is burned? 
                    15:6  Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; 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. 
                    15:7  And I will set my face against them; they shall go out 
                    from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye 
                    shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against 
                    them. 
                    15:8  And I will make the land desolate, because they have 
                    committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.  |