Study Guide

以西结书 15

概述

以利的两个儿子何弗尼、非尼哈腐败悖逆,强取祭物,与会幕门口的女子苟合;以利劝诫无效。神人预言以利家将被废除,凡两子皆在同一日死去将作为兆头。

Key Verses

以西结书 15:2

Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

以西结书 15:4

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

以西结书 15:6

Therefore thus saith 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 Jerusalem.

以西结书 15:7

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

以西结书 15:8

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God.

Full Text

1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?

5 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 hath devoured it, and it is burned?

6 Therefore thus saith 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 Jerusalem.

7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them.

8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God.