| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: | 1This message came to me from the LORD: |
| 2“Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which 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 any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang any vessel on? | 3Is wood ever taken from it to make anything practical? Can it even be made into a peg to hang something on? |
| 4Instead, it is thrown into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and its middle is burned. Is it useful for any work? | 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? |
| 5Indeed, when it was whole, no object could be made from it. How much less will it be useful for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned? | 5If it was useless before it was burned, now that it's been burned and charred through, it's even more useless! |
| 6“Therefore 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 I will give 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. They will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour them. Then you shall 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 |
| 8Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,’ says the Lord GOD.” | 8and dedicate the land to desolation because of their unfaithful unbelief," declares the Lord GOD. |
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