Jerusalem the Useless Vine
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest? Hos 10:1Isa 5:1-7Psa 80:8-16Jer 2:21Jhn 15:1-6Luk 20:9-16Sng 2:15Sng 6:11 Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils? Luk 14:34-35Jer 24:8Mat 5:13Mrk 9:50
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? Jhn 15:6Isa 27:11Psa 80:16Amo 4:11Ezk 19:14Heb 12:29Heb 6:8Isa 1:31 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! Jer 3:16
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. Ezk 15:2Ezk 17:3-10Isa 5:1-6Isa 5:24-25Jer 21:7Jer 24:8-10Jer 25:18Jer 25:9-11 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. Ezk 14:8Amo 9:1-4Isa 24:18Psa 34:161Ki 19:17Ezk 6:7Jer 21:10Lev 26:17
Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.” Ezk 6:142Ch 36:14-16Ezk 14:13-21Ezk 17:20Ezk 33:29Isa 24:3-12Isa 6:11Jer 25:10-11