E.   Parable of the Vine Tree     15:1-8

Eze 15:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Eze 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?

Eze 15:3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Eze 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?

Eze 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?

Eze 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.

Eze 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.

Eze 15:8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.