| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, | 1Then the word of the LORD came to me: " |
| 2Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? | 2Son of man, how does the wood of the vine, that branch among the trees of the forest, compare to any other wood? |
| 3Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? | 3Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on? |
| 4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? | 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? |
| 5Behold, 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? | 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!" |
| 6Therefore 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. | 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. |
| 7And 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. | 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 Yahweh when I turn against them. |
| 8And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD. | 8I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully." This is the declaration of the Lord GOD. |
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