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Markdown
16 lines
887 B
Markdown
Jerusalem--a Useless Vine
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# Chapter 15
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1. Then this message came to me from the LORD:
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2. "Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine's wood as useful as the wood of a tree?
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3. Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?
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4. No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.
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5. Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!
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6. "And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.
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7. And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
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8. And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!"
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