Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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The LORD spoke his word to me. He said,
2 "Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
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"Son of man, what good is the wood from a vine? Is it better than the wood from a tree in the forest?
3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? Or will men take a peg from it to hang any vessel thereon?
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Do people use it to make something? Do they make a peg from it to hang things on?
4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
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No! It is only thrown into the fire as fuel. The fire burns up both its ends and chars its middle. Then can it be used to make anything?
5 Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work. How much less shall it be meet yet for any work when the fire hath devoured it and it is burned?
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When the vine was in perfect condition, it couldn't be made into anything. How can it be used to make anything after the fire has burned and charred it?
6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: 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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"So this is what the Almighty LORD says: As a vine is taken from among the trees in the forest to be used to feed the fire, so I will take the people who live in Jerusalem to punish them.
7 And I will set My face against them: they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set My face against them.
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I will turn against the people of Jerusalem. Even though they have escaped one fire, another fire will burn them. Then they will know that I am the LORD, because I will turn against them.
8 And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD."
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I will turn the country into a wasteland because they have been unfaithful," declares the Almighty LORD.
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