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| 1And the word of the LORD came to me: | 1This message came to me from the LORD: |
| 2“Son of man, how does the wood of the vine surpass any wood, the vine branch that is among the trees of the forest? | 2"Son of Man, how does wood from a vine compare to a branch taken from any of the trees in the forest? |
| 3Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? | 3Is wood ever taken from it to make anything practical? Can it even be made into a peg to hang something on? |
| 4Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel. When the fire has consumed both ends of it, and the middle of it is charred, is it useful for anything? | 4After all, it's useful only for kindling a fire, isn't it? And once you've burnt up the ends and charred through the middle of it, is it useful for anything else? |
| 5Behold, when it was whole, it was used for nothing. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it ever be used for anything! | 5If it was useless before it was burned, now that it's been burned and charred through, it's even more useless! |
| 6Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. | 6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Just as the wood from a grape vine is removed from the forest and used for kindling fires, I'm giving the inhabitants of Jerusalem over |
| 7And I will set my face against them. Though they escape from the fire, the fire shall yet consume them, and you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. | 7to punishment. They may have escaped one fire, but the coming fire will burn them up completely, and they will know that I am the LORD, when I set myself in opposition to them |
| 8And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord GOD.” | 8and dedicate the land to desolation because of their unfaithful unbelief," declares the Lord GOD. |
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