| New International Version | International Standard Version |
| 1The word of the LORD came to me: | 1This message came to me from the LORD: |
| 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? | 2"Son of Man, how does wood from a vine compare to a branch taken from any of the trees in the forest? |
| 3Is wood ever taken from it to make anything useful? Do they make pegs from it to hang things on? | 3Is wood ever taken from it to make anything practical? Can it even be made into a peg to hang something on? |
| 4And 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? | 4After all, it's useful only for kindling a fire, isn't it? And once you've burnt up the ends and charred through the middle of it, is it useful for anything else? |
| 5If 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? | 5If it was useless before it was burned, now that it's been burned and charred through, it's even more useless! |
| 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. | 6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Just as the wood from a grape vine is removed from the forest and used for kindling fires, I'm giving the inhabitants of Jerusalem over |
| 7I 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. | 7to punishment. They may have escaped one fire, but the coming fire will burn them up completely, and they will know that I am the LORD, when I set myself in opposition to them |
| 8I will make the land desolate because they have been unfaithful, declares the Sovereign LORD." | 8and dedicate the land to desolation because of their unfaithful unbelief," declares the Lord GOD. |
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