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Ezekiel 15:6

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.

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ASV

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: 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.

KJV

Therefore thus saith 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.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
כֹּ֤הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַר֙'a.Marhe saysH559 →
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤רka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
עֵץ־'etz-[the] wood ofH6086 →
הַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ha.Ge.fenthe vineH1612 →
בְּעֵ֣ץbe.'Etzamong [the] tree[s] ofH6086 →
הַיַּ֔עַרhai.Ya.'arthe forestH3293 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
נְתַתִּ֥יוne.ta.TivI have given itH5414 →
לָאֵ֖שׁla.'Eshto the fireH784 →
לְאָכְלָ֑הle.'okh.Lahfor fuelH402 →
כֵּ֣ןkensoH3651 →
נָתַ֔תִּיna.Ta.tiI have givenH5414 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427 →
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389 →

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Psalms 80:8You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.Jeremiah 25:18to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;Isaiah 5:24–25Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.Jeremiah 24:8–10But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.Ezekiel 15:2“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any other branch among the trees in the forest?Isaiah 5:1–6I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.Jeremiah 7:20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.Jeremiah 21:7‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’Ezekiel 17:3–10and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.Jeremiah 44:21–27“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?Jeremiah 25:9–11behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”Jeremiah 4:7A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.Ezekiel 12:20The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”Ezekiel 20:47–48Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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