## Is Jerusalem Useful for Anything? 

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Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 

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"Son of man, how is the wood of the vine _better_ than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest? 

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Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can _men_ take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel? 

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If it has been put into the fire for fuel, _and_ the fire has consumed both of its ends, and its middle part has been charred, is it _then_ useful for anything? 

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Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into anything! 

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Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, '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 up the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 

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and I will give My face _to be_ against them. _Though_ they have come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am Yahweh, when I set My face against them. 

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Thus I will give over the land _to_ desolation because they have acted unfaithfully,'" declares Lord Yahweh.