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1 The word of the LORD came to me:
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And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
2 “Son of man, how is the wood of a vine different from that of a branch from any of the trees in the forest?
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Son of man, what is the vine-tree more than any tree, the vine-branch which is among the trees of the forest?
3 Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?
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Shall wood be taken thereof to make any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
4 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?
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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?
5 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?
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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!
6 “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.
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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.
7 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.
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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.
8 I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
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And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.
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