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1 Then the word of the Lord came to me:
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The word of the LORD came to me:
2 "Son of man, how does the wood of the vine, that branch among the trees of the forest, compare to any other wood?
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“Son of man, how is the wood of a vine different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest?
3 Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?
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Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?
4 In fact, it is put into the fire as fuel. The fire devours both of its ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?
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And after it is thrown on the fire as fuel and the fire burns both ends and chars the middle, is it then useful for anything?
5 Even when it was whole it could not be made into a useful object. How much less can it ever be made into anything useful when the fire has devoured it and it is charred!
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If it was not useful for anything when it was whole, how much less can it be made into something useful when the fire has burned it and it is charred?
6 "Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire as fuel, so I will give up the residents of Jerusalem.
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“Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem.
7 I will turn against them. They may have escaped from the fire, but it will [still] consume them. And you will know that I am the Lord when I turn against them.
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I will set my face against them. Although they have come out of the fire, the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the LORD.
8 I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God .
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I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
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