The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Son of man, what is the wood of a vine compared to any other tree or the branch that is among the trees of the forest?

Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?

Is wood taken from it to make anything useful? Can one make a peg from it to hang any utensil on?

Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?

Look, it is put into the fire for fuel. The fire consumes both ends of it, and its middle is charred. Is it useful for anything?

Behold, 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?

Even when it was whole, it could not be made into anything useful. How much less can it be used after the fire has consumed it and it is charred!

Behold, 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?

Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Therefore 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.

I will set my face against them. Though they come out of the fire, the fire will still consume them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

And 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.

I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the Lord GOD.

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.