Ezekiel 15:3

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Is wood taken from it to make anything useful? Can one make a peg from it to hang any utensil on?

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  • Jer 24:8 : 8 But like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, says the LORD, so will I treat Zedekiah, king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
  • Matt 5:13 : 13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people.
  • Mark 9:50 : 50 Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? Have salt among yourselves and be at peace with one another.
  • Luke 14:34-35 : 34 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? 35 It is no longer fit for the soil or the manure pile; it is thrown out. Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.

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    1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

    2 Son of man, what is the wood of a vine compared to any other tree or the branch that is among the trees of the forest?

  • Ezek 15:4-6
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    82%

    4 Look, it is put into the fire for fuel. The fire consumes both ends of it, and its middle is charred. Is it useful for anything?

    5 Even when it was whole, it could not be made into anything useful. How much less can it be used after the fire has consumed it and it is charred!

    6 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

  • Isa 10:15
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    15 Does the axe exalt itself above the one who wields it? Or does the saw boast against the one who moves it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff acting as though it were not made of wood.

  • Jer 10:3-4
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    3 For the customs of the nations are worthless. They cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

    4 They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers so it will not totter.

  • Isa 44:14-15
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    14 He cuts down cedars or chooses a cypress or an oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain makes it grow.

    15 It becomes fuel for a man; he takes part of it to warm himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

  • Ezek 17:8-9
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    8 It was planted in fertile soil by abundant waters to produce branches, bear fruit, and become a splendid vine.

    9 Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: Will it thrive? Will it not be uprooted and its fruit stripped so that it withers? All its new growth will wither. It will not take a great effort or many people to pull it out by its roots.

  • Ps 80:15
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    15 God of Hosts, return! Look down from heaven and see; take care of this vine.

  • Judg 9:11-13
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    11 But the fig tree replied, 'Should I stop producing my sweetness and my good fruit, to go sway over the trees?'

    12 Then the trees said to the vine, 'You come and reign over us.'

    13 But the vine answered them, 'Should I stop producing my wine that cheers both God and humans, in order to sway over the trees?'

  • John 15:5-6
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    5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

    6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

  • Ezek 17:4-6
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    4 It plucked the highest branch and carried it to the land of merchants, where it planted it in a city of traders.

    5 Then it took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil, placing it by abundant waters like a willow.

    6 The plant sprouted and became a low, spreading vine, with its branches facing the eagle and its roots growing beneath it. So it became a vine, produced branches, and sent out leaves.

  • Isa 18:5
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    5 For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, the branches will be cut with pruning knives, and the spreading branches will be removed and discarded.

  • Isa 40:19-20
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    19 As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

    20 A person who is too poor to afford such an idol selects wood that will not rot; they look for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

  • Ezek 17:22-23
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    22 This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I Myself will take a branch from the top of a lofty cedar and plant it. I will break off a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

    23 I will plant it on the high mountain of Israel. It will bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. Every bird of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

  • Job 14:7-8
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    7 At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoots will not fail.

    8 Even if its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,

  • Isa 44:19
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    19 No one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, 'Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, roasted meat, and ate. Now, should I make an abomination of the rest? Should I bow down to a block of wood?'

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    11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and light them on fire. For this is a people without understanding; therefore, their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not show them favor.

  • Luke 3:9
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    9 The axe is already laid at the root of the trees, so every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Ezek 31:14
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    14 This happened so that no trees beside the abundant waters may grow tall enough to reach the clouds, nor lift their tops among the thick branches, and no trees that drink water will stand before them in their height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the lower earth, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.

  • Job 15:32-33
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    32 It will be fulfilled before his time, and his branch will not remain green.

    33 He will shake off his unripe grapes like a vine and cast away his blossoms like the olive tree.

  • Matt 7:19
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    19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Jer 15:12
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    12 Can iron break iron from the north, or bronze?

  • John 15:2
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    2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

  • Ezek 19:14
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    14 Fire went out from its branch, consuming its fruit. There was no strong rod left in it, no scepter fit to rule. This is a lamentation, and it has become a lamentation.

  • Isa 22:25
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    25 In that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts, “the peg that was driven into the firm place will be removed; it will be cut down and fall, and the load hanging on it will be destroyed. For the LORD has spoken.

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    16 His roots below will dry up, and his branches above will wither.

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    11 For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the wooden beam will answer it.

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    4 What more could I have done for my vineyard than I have already done? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes, did it yield only wild ones?

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    10 Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

  • Isa 5:2
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    2 He dug it and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a tower in its center and also carved out a winepress in it. He hoped it would produce good grapes, but it yielded only wild ones.

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    19 Woe to him who says to wood, 'Awake!' or to silent stone, 'Arise!' Can it teach? Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath at all within it.

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    9 But the olive tree replied, 'Should I stop producing my rich oil, by which gods and humans are honored, to go sway over the trees?'

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    31 For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?

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    9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! But if not, then cut it down.'

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