| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying: | 1Then this message came to me from the LORD: |
| 2“Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any other wood, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest? | 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? |
| 3Is wood taken from it to make any object? Or can men make a peg from it to hang any vessel on? | 3Can its wood be used for making things, like pegs to hang up pots and pans? |
| 4Instead, it is thrown into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both ends of it, and its middle is burned. Is it useful for any work? | 4No, it can only be used for fuel, and even as fuel, it burns too quickly. |
| 5Indeed, when it was whole, no object could be made from it. How much less will it be useful for any work when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned? | 5Vines are useless both before and after being put into the fire! |
| 6“Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give up the inhabitants 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. |
| 7and I will set My face against them. They will go out from one fire, but another fire shall devour them. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set My face 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. |
| 8Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have persisted in unfaithfulness,’ says 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 Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | 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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