Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
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The word of the LORD came to me:
2 Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree? What is the branch among the trees of the forest?
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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 Shall wood be taken from it to do a work? Will <em>men</em> take a peg from it to hang any vessel thereon?
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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 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for <em>any</em> work?
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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 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work; how much less afterward shall it be meet for <em>any</em> work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned?
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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 thus hath the Lord GOD said: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I have given over the inhabitants 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 And I will set my face against them; they came out of <em>one</em> fire, and <em>another</em> fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I <em>am</em> the LORD when I set my face 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 And I will make the land desolate because they have completely rebelled, said the Lord GOD.
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I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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