Ezekiel 1515EzekielJudgment on JerusalemThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

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1. Jerusalem the Useless Vine

2. 1ENGOJBAnd the Devar Hashem came unto me, saying:BSBBSB: Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
3. 2ENGOJBBen adam, how is the etz hagefen (wood of the grapevine) better than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?BSBBSB: “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
4. 3ENGOJBShall wood be taken thereof to do any work? Or will men take a yated (peg) of it to hang any vessel thereon?BSBBSB: Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?
5. 4ENGOJBHinei, it is cast into the eish for fuel; the eish devoureth both the ends of it, and the middle of it is charred. Is it fit for any melachah (work)?BSBBSB: No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
6. 5ENGOJBHinei, when it was tamim (whole), it was fit for no work; how much less shall it be fit yet for any work, when the eish hath devoured it, and it is charred?BSBBSB: Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it!
7. 6ENGOJBTherefore thus saith Adonoi Hashem: As the etz hagefen among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the eish for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Yerushalayim.BSBBSB: Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem.
8. 7ENGOJBAnd I will set My face against them; they shall go out from one eish, and another eish shall devour them; and ye shall have da'as that I am Hashem, when I set My face against them.BSBBSB: And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
9. 8ENGOJBAnd I will make ha'aretz desolate, because they have committed ma'al (unfaithfulness, betrayal of a trust), saith Adonoi Hashem.BSBBSB: Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

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