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1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
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The word of the LORD came to me:
2 Son of man, what shall be made of the wood of the vine, out of all the trees of the woods that are among the trees of the forests?
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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 of it, to do any work, or shall a pin be made of it for any vessel to hang 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 hath consumed both ends thereof, and the midst thereof is reduced to ashes: shall it be useful for any 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 Even when it was whole it was not fit for work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured and consumed it, shall any work be made of it?
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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 saith the Lord God: As the vine tree among the trees of the forests which I have given to the fire to be consumed, so will I deliver up 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 shall go out from fire, and fire shall consume them: and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have 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 shall have made their land a wilderness, and desolate, because they have been transgressors, saith 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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