| New Living Translation | English Standard Version |
| 1Then this message came to me from the LORD: | 1And the word of the LORD came to me: |
| 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? | 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? |
| 3Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans? | 3Is wood taken from it to make anything? Do people take a peg from it to hang any vessel on it? |
| 4No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly. | 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? |
| 5Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire! | 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! |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 8And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!” | 8And I will make the land desolate, because they have acted faithlessly, declares the Lord GOD.” |
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