As a vine cut down is fit for nothing but the fire; so it shall be with
Jerusalem, for her sins.
15:1. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
15:2. Son of man, what shall be made of the wood of the vine, out of all
the trees of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?
15:3. Shall wood be taken of it, to do any work, or shall a pin be made
of it for any vessel to hang thereon?
15:4. Behold it is cast into the fire for fuel: the fire hath consumed
both ends thereof, and the midst thereof is reduced to ashes: shall it
be useful for any work?
15:5. Even when it was whole it was not fit for work: how much less,
when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of
it?
15:6. Therefore thus saith the Lord God: As the vine tree among the
trees of the forests which I have given to the fire to be consumed, so
will I deliver up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
15:7. And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from fire,
and fire shall consume them: and you shall know that I am the Lord, when
I shall have set my face against them.
15:8. And I shall have made their land a wilderness, and desolate,
because they have been transgressors, saith the Lord God.