| Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Then the word of the LORD came to me: | 1Then this message came to me from the LORD: |
| 2"Son of man, how does the wood of the vine, that branch among the trees of the forest, compare to any other wood? | 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? |
| 3Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on? | 3Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans? |
| 4In 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? | 4No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly. |
| 5Even 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!" | 5Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire! |
| 6Therefore, 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. | 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. |
| 7I 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. | 7And 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. |
| 8I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully." This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. | 8And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!” |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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