The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Shall wood be taken of it to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable for any work?
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: 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.
I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am Yahweh, when I set my face against them.
I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, says the Lord Yahweh.
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God compares Jerusalem to a useless vine wood, fit only for fuel; burned at both ends and charred in the middle, it represents inhabitants already punished and destined for further fire due to abominations, making the land desolate.
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