## Ezekiel Chapter 15

###### Ezekiel 15:1
[Ezekiel 15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/15:1)

וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


###### Ezekiel 15:2
[Ezekiel 15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/15:2)

בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם מַה־יִּהְיֶ֥ה עֵץ־הַגֶּ֖פֶן מִכׇּל־עֵ֑ץ הַזְּמוֹרָ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה בַּעֲצֵ֥י הַיָּֽעַר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, that vine branch which grew up among the trees of the forest?


###### Ezekiel 15:3
[Ezekiel 15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/15:3)

הֲיֻקַּ֤ח מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ עֵ֔ץ לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת לִמְלָאכָ֑ה אִם־יִקְח֤וּ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ יָתֵ֔ד לִתְל֥וֹת עָלָ֖יו כׇּל־כֶּֽלִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Can wood be taken from it to do any work? or will men take a peg of it for hanging on it any vessel?


###### Ezekiel 15:4
[Ezekiel 15:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/15:4)

הִנֵּ֥ה לָאֵ֖שׁ נִתַּ֣ן לְאׇכְלָ֑ה אֵת֩ שְׁנֵ֨י קְצוֹתָ֜יו אָכְלָ֤ה הָאֵשׁ֙ וְתוֹכ֣וֹ נָחָ֔ר הֲיִצְלַ֖ח לִמְלָאכָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it fit for any work?


###### Ezekiel 15:5
[Ezekiel 15:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/15:5)

הִנֵּה֙ בִּֽהְיוֹת֣וֹ תָמִ֔ים לֹ֥א יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה לִמְלָאכָ֑ה אַ֣ף כִּי־אֵ֤שׁ אֲכָלַ֙תְהוּ֙ וַיֵּחָ֔ר וְנַעֲשָׂ֥ה ע֖וֹד לִמְלָאכָֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?


###### Ezekiel 15:6
[Ezekiel 15:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/15:6)

לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר עֵץ־הַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ בְּעֵ֣ץ הַיַּ֔עַר אֲשֶׁר־נְתַתִּ֥יו לָאֵ֖שׁ לְאׇכְלָ֑ה כֵּ֣ן נָתַ֔תִּי אֶת־יֹשְׁבֵ֖י יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore thus says 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 Yerushalayim.


###### Ezekiel 15:7
[Ezekiel 15:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/15:7)

וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־פָּנַי֙ בָּהֶ֔ם מֵהָאֵ֣שׁ יָצָ֔אוּ וְהָאֵ֖שׁ תֹּאכְלֵ֑ם וִֽידַעְתֶּם֙ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה בְּשׂוּמִ֥י אֶת־פָּנַ֖י בָּהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.


###### Ezekiel 15:8
[Ezekiel 15:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/15:8)

וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ שְׁמָמָ֑ה יַ֚עַן מָ֣עֲלוּ מַ֔עַל נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יֱהֹוִֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, says the Lord God.