The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Prophecy of Ezechiel
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Chapter 15
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Word came to me from the Lord:
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So much timber in the forest, son of man! And what of the vine that grows wild there?
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What avails the wood of it for any manner of craftsmanship? Who will use it to make so much as a peg that pot or pan should hang from?
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And now it has been thrown away to feed the fire; now either end is burnt up altogether, and the middle of it no better than charcoal; of what use is it now,
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that use had none even when it was whole? Half burned away, half scorched, here is right unserviceable timber!
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And I, the Lord says, that destined yonder wild vine to feed the oven, have decreed for the citizens of Jerusalem no other destiny.
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My frown shall meet them yet; if they have escaped the fire, it is to be consumed by fire anew. Under my frown, they shall learn what manner of God I am;
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their land all pathless and desolate, for their guilt’s rewarding, says the Lord God.