| New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
| 1Then this message came to me from the LORD: | 1This 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? | 2"Son of Man, how does wood from a vine compare to a branch taken from any of the trees in the forest? |
| 3Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans? | 3Is wood ever taken from it to make anything practical? Can it even be made into a peg to hang something on? |
| 4No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly. | 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? |
| 5Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire! | 5If it was useless before it was burned, now that it's been burned and charred through, it's even more useless! |
| 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. | 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 |
| 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. | 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 |
| 8And I will make the land desolate because my people have been unfaithful to me. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!” | 8and dedicate the land to desolation because of their unfaithful unbelief," declares the Lord GOD. |
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