1The word of the Lord came to me, saying,stylus2"Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?stylusHosea 10:1, Hosea 10:1, Isaiah 5:1, Isaiah 5:7, Psalms 80:83Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? Or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?stylusJeremiah 24:8, Matthew 5:13, Luke 14:34, Luke 14:35, Mark 9:504Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable for any work?stylusJohn 15:6, John 15:6, Isaiah 27:11, Psalms 80:16, Isaiah 27:115Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!stylusJeremiah 3:16, Jeremiah 3:166"Therefore thus says 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.stylusEzekiel 17:3, Ezekiel 17:10, Jeremiah 25:18, Jeremiah 4:7, Jeremiah 44:217I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.stylusEzekiel 14:8, Ezekiel 14:8, Psalms 34:16, Isaiah 24:18, Amos 9:18I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass,' says the Lord God."stylusEzekiel 6:14, Ezekiel 6:14, 2 Chronicles 36:14, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Ezekiel 14:13