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Ezekiel 15

New Living Translation NLT

1 Then this message came to me from the LORD :

2 “Son of man, how does a grapevine compare to a tree? Is a vine’s wood as useful as the wood of a tree?

3 Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans?

4 No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly.

5 Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire!

6 “And this is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Jerusalem are like grapevines growing among the trees of the forest. Since they are useless, I have thrown them on the fire to be burned.

7 And I will see to it that if they escape from one fire, they will fall into another. When I turn against them, you will know that I am the LORD .

8 And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

Common English Bible CEB

1 The LORD's word came to me:

2 Human one, how is the vine's wood better than the wood of all the trees in the forest?

3 Can you make anything useful from its wood? Can you make a peg from it and hang objects on it?

4 If not, can it be used as firewood? Fire would consume its two ends, but its middle part would only get charred. So is it useful for anything?

5 Look, even when it was whole, it was worthless. Now that the fire has consumed it, and it is charred, it's even more useless.

6 Therefore, the LORD God proclaims: Of all the trees in the forest, I have decreed that the vine's wood is destined to be consumed by fire. So also have I decreed for those who live in Jerusalem,

7 and I have confronted them. They may try to go out from the fire, but the fire will consume them. You will know that I am the LORD, because I confronted them.

8 I will turn the land into a ruin because they acted faithlessly, proclaims the LORD God.