[[Ezek-15]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Ezek-14]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Ezek-16]] --- ### As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will devour them. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: God predicts the total destruction of Jerusalem's inhabitants, likening them to a useless vine branch that is fit only to be burned. The prophecy warns that even if they survive one trial, a subsequent judgment will eventually consume them. *Historical context*: This prophecy was fulfilled in 587/586 BCE when the Babylonian army under Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem. Despite having survived previous sieges and deportations in 605 and 597 BCE (the 'first fire'), the city was ultimately set on fire, the Temple of Solomon was destroyed, and the remaining population was killed or exiled. *Related to*: ### I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A divine declaration that the land of Judah will be rendered waste and uninhabitable due to the spiritual infidelity and covenant-breaking of its people. *Historical context*: The Babylonian conquest resulted in the systematic destruction of Judean cities and a massive depopulation of the region. Archaeological evidence from the 6th century BCE confirms a significant hiatus in occupation and cultivation in the Judean highlands, lasting until the return of the exiles under the Persian Empire nearly 70 years later. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy