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Then this message came to me from the LORD:
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"Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine's wood as useful as the wood of a tree?
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Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?
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No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.
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Vine branches are useless both before and after being put into the fire!
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"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 set them aside to be burned!
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And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When this happens, you will know that I am the LORD.
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And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me, says the Sovereign LORD."
Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. (New Living Translation)