| King James Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, | 1Then this message came to me from the LORD: |
| 2Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? | 2“Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine’s wood as useful as the wood of a tree? |
| 3Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? | 3Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans? |
| 4Behold, 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? | 4No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly. |
| 5Behold, 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? | 5Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire! |
| 6Therefore 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. | 6“And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned. |
| 7And 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. | 7And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the LORD. |
| 8And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD. | 8And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!” |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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