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title: "Commentary on Ezekiel, Volume 2"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "Thomas Myers"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 53 of 69
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-ezekiel-volume-2/53/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. Thomas Myers, Commentary on Ezekiel, Volume 2, section 53. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-ezekiel-volume-2/53/"
---

# Commentary on Ezekiel, Volume 2

*John Calvin, tr. Thomas Myers*

Calvin on the prophet Ezekiel, volume 2 of 2.

## 53. Chapter 15

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[¶0] 1 Then came the word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

[¶1] 2 Son of man, What is the wood of the vine Better than any branching-tree among the trees of the wood?

[¶2] 3 Shall wood be taken from it to form any work? Or will it make a peg to hang any vessel thereon?

[¶3] 4 Behold, it is east into the fire for burning; The fire devoured both ends of it, and its middle is burnt Is it useful for any purpose?

[¶4] 5 Lo! when it was entire, it was not used for any purpose: How much less when the fire has consumed it, And it is burnt up, shall it be useful for any purpose?

[¶5] 6 Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah, As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, Which I have cast into the fire for fuel, So have I given the inhabitants of Jerusalem:

[¶6] 7 Then will I set my face against them; They shall pass through fire, and fire shall consume them; And they shall know that I am Jehovah, When I have set my face against them.

[¶7] 8 Then will I make the land desolate, Because they have transgressed with transgression Says the Lord Jehovah.