Ezekiel 15 – Skeptic's Annotated Bible answered

A response and reply to the notes on Ezekiel 15 in the Skeptic's Annotated Bible (SAB).

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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.

(15:6-7) "And ye shall know that I am the LORD."
God will burn the inhabitants of Jerusalem to show everyone that he is the Lord.
What the Bible says about burning people to death
Again, this is spoken against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who said these things would not happen, see chapter 12:27-28. And these things were done to people who burned their sons and daughters in the fire, see Jer. 7:31

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.