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Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils? <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/15-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything? <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/15-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Even when it was whole, it could not be made useful. How much less can it ever be useful when the fire has consumed it and charred it! <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/15-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the people of Jerusalem. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/15-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And I will set My face against them. Though they may have escaped the fire, yet another fire will consume them. And when I set My face against them, you will know that I am the LORD. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezekiel/15-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,’ declares the Lord GOD.”</p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. 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