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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!”

New International Version NIV

1 The word of the LORD came to me:

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?

3 Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on?

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?

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?

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.

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.

8 I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD.”