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Ezekiel 15
⁵ Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!
⁶ “And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.
⁷ And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
⁸ And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”
Ezekiel 16
¹ Then another message came to me from the LORD:
² “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins.
³ Give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: You are nothing but a Canaanite! Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.
⁴ On the day you were born, no one cared about you. Your umbilical cord was not cut, and you were never washed, rubbed with salt, and wrapped in cloth.
⁵ No one had the slightest interest in you; no one pitied you or cared for you. On the day you were born, you were unwanted, dumped in a field and left to die.
⁶ “But I came by and saw you there, helplessly kicking about in your own blood. As you lay there, I said, ‘Live!’
⁷ And I helped you to thrive like a plant in the field. You grew up and became a beautiful jewel. Your breasts became full, and your body hair grew, but you were still naked.