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1 And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
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Then the word of the Lord came to me:
2 Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
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"Son of man, how does the wood of the vine, that branch among the trees of the forest, compare to any other wood?
3 Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
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Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?
4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?
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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?
5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned, shall it yet be meet for any work!
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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!
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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"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.
7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth from the fire, but the fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah, when I set my face against them.
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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.
8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God .
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