Ezekiel
Ezekiel takes its name from the prophet Yechezkel (יְחֶזְקֵאל), whose name means “God strengthens” or “God will strengthen.” Ezekiel ministered among the exiles in Babylon during a time of national loss, judgment, and uncertainty. Through vivid visions, symbolic actions, warnings, and promises, the book calls God’s people to recognize the seriousness of sin and the holiness of the Lord. Ezekiel reveals God as sovereign, present even in exile, and committed not only to judgment but also to restoration, renewal, and giving His people a new heart and spirit.
Ezekiel 15
Jerusalem the Useless Vine
1 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?
3 Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?
4 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?
5 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!
6 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.
7 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.
8 Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
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