>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/ezek/15?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#07e0f::c07e0f) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/15.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Ezekiel/15.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/eze/15/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>The prophet Ezekiel, speaking in Babylon to the Jews in exile, delivers a message from God comparing Jerusalem to a useless vine destined for destruction due to its unfaithfulness. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>Ezekiel tells a story about a vine that isn’t very useful except for burning in a fire, and it teaches us that when we don’t do what’s right, we might face tough times too. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>God compares the people of Jerusalem to a vine that is only good for burning because it is not useful for anything else. Just as the vine is thrown into the fire, the people of Jerusalem will face destruction and hardship due to their disobedience. Through this metaphor, God warns the inhabitants of Jerusalem that they will be made desolate because they have sinned against Him. > >#Gospel/Obedience #Gospel/Judgment #Gospel/Repentance ###### 1 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, ###### 2 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 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? ###### 4 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 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 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 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 8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord God.