Ezekiel 15:6-8

15:6 “Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire – so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem ¹  as fuel. ²  15:7 I will set ³  my face against them – although they have escaped from the fire, ⁴  the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them. 15:8 I will make ⁵  the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord.”

[15:6]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:6]  ² tn The words “as fuel” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.

[15:7]  ³ tn The word translated “set” is the same Hebrew word translated as “provide” in the previous verse.

[15:7]  ⁴ sn This escape refers to the exile of Ezekiel and others in 597 b.c. (Ezek 1:2; 2 Kgs 24:10-16).

[15:8]  ⁵ tn The word translated “make” is the same Hebrew word translated as “provide” in v. 6.