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Ezekiel 15

Ezekiel 15:8

Jerusalem the Useless Vine · Ezekiel 15:1–8
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Translations

Modern
Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Traditional
And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God.
Literal
And I will make the land a desolation, because they have acted unfaithfully—an unfaithfulness’—a declaration of the Lord YHWH.”
Latin
…et dedero terram inviam et desolatam, eo quod prævaricatores extiterint, dicit Dominus Deus.

Original

Hebrew
English
Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Notes

Ezekiel 15:8

unfaithfully: See Ezekiel 6:9; 16:17; Hosea 2. Jerusalem had turned away from the Lord and followed idols instead of serving the true God. This was spiritual unfaithfulness. The prophets often describe this sin as breaking faith in a marriage relationship.

By worshiping idols, the people broke the covenant (the binding promises between God and his people). Because they broke this covenant, judgment would follow.

As a result, the land would become desolate (empty and ruined).

Ezekiel 15:1–24:14

This section includes eight metaphors, each showing from a different angle the certainty of Jerusalem's upcoming judgment. The images are of:

  1. a worthless vine (Ezekiel 15);

  2. a faithless wife (Ezekiel 16);

  3. a vine and two eagles (Ezekiel 17);

  4. Sour grapes (Ezekiel 18);

  5. a lion and her cubs (Ezekiel 19);

  6. a sword (Ezekiel 21);

  7. two corrupt sisters (Ezekiel 23); and

  8. a cooking pot (Ezekiel 24).

Events

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of

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